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Optimizing imaging in suspected appendicitis (OPTIMAP-study): A multicenter diagnostic accuracy study of MRI in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Study Protocol

BACKGROUND: In patients with clinically suspected appendicitis, imaging is needed to substantiate the clinical diagnosis. Imaging accuracy of ultrasonography (US) is suboptimal, while the most accurate technique (CT) is associated with cancer related deaths through exposure to ionizing radiation. MR...

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Autores principales: Leeuwenburgh, Marjolein MN, Laméris, Wytze, van Randen, Adrienne, Bossuyt, Patrick MM, Boermeester, Marja A, Stoker, Jaap
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20961412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-10-19