A systematic review and meta-Analysis of diagnostic performance of MRI for evaluation of acute appendicitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 508-517

  Duke, Eugene ^a   Kalb, Bobby ^a   Arif Tiwari, Hina ^a   Daye, Zhongyin John ^b   Gilbertson Dahdal, Dorothy ^a   Keim, Samuel M ^a   Martin, Diego R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Meta Analysis; MRI; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84960146151     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.15.14544     Document Type: Article

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