Sigmoid diverticulitis: US findings

Critical Ultrasound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Mazzei, Maria Antonietta ^a   Squitieri, Nevada Cioffi ^a   Guerrini, Susanna ^a   Ianora, Amato Antonio Stabile ^b   Cagini, Lucio ^c   Macarini, Luca ^d   Giganti, Melchiore ^e   Volterrani, Luca ^a  

^a Department of Human Pathology and Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOID;

EID: 84884247074     PISSN: 20363176     EISSN: 20367902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2036-7902-5-S1-S5     Document Type: Article

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