Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 424-432 , April 2008

Minimal-preparation abdomino-pelvic CT in frail and elderly patients: prognostic value of colonic and extracolonic findings

  • C.S. Ng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C.S. Ng, Department of Radiology, Unit 368, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA. Tel.: +1-713-792-6759; fax: +1-713-745-1302.
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  • W. Wei

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biostatistics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
    • ,
  • T.C. Doyle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
    • ,
  • H.M. Courtney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cambridge University, Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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  • A.K. Dixon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cambridge University, Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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  • A.H. Freeman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cambridge University, Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK

Received 1 July 2007 ,Revised 22 September 2007 ,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00444-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.09.012

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 424-432 , April 2008

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