Prospective comparison of MR imaging and US for the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis

Radiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 233-240

  Orth, Robert C ^a   Guillerman, R Paul ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Masand, Prakash ^a   Bisset III, George S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84903750868     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132206     Document Type: Article

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