Systematic review and meta-Analysis of CT features for differentiating complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis

Radiology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 104-115

  Kim, Hae Young ^a   Park, Ji Hoon ^a   Lee, Yoon Jin ^a   Lee, Sung Soo ^a   Jeon, Jong June ^b   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85044258418     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2017171260     Document Type: Article

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