Magnetic resonance imaging of acute appendicitis in pregnancy: A 5-year multiinstitutional study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 693.e1-693.e6

  Burke, Lauren M B ^a   Bashir, Mustafa R ^b   Miller, Frank H ^c   Siegelman, Evan S ^e   Brown, Michele ^f   Alobaidy, Mamdoh ^a   Jaffe, Tracy A ^b   Hussain, Shahid M ^h   Palmer, Suzanne L ^g   Garon, Bonnie L ^g   Oto, Aytekin ^d   Reinhold, Caroline ⁱ   Ascher, Susan M ^j   Demulder, Danielle K ^j   Thomas, Stephen ^d   Best, Shaun ^f   Borer, James ^h   Zhao, Ken ^c   Pinel Giroux, Fanny ⁱ   De Oliveira, Isabela ^a   Resende, Daniel ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

appendicitis; magnetic resonance imaging; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946074510     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.07.026     Document Type: Article

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