Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2009

Children Presenting at the Emergency Department With Right Lower Quadrant Pain

  • Chien-Heng Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jen-Ai Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeon-Hor Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsai-Chung Li

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Jen Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Ching Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Wei-Ching Lin, Department of Radiology, China Medical University Hospital, 2 Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan

Received 30 January 2008 ,Accepted 22 December 2008.

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PII: S1607-551X(09)70033-6

doi: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70033-6

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2009

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