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Diagnostic performance of spectral Doppler in acute appendicitis with an equivocal Alvarado score

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut, 71515, Egypt

    Reham Abd El-Aleem, Gehan S. Seifeldein & Sara M. Hassanein

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, New Valley University, Kharga Oasis, Egypt

    Abdelrahman A. Abd Allah

  3. Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt

    Mahmoud Refaat Shehata

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All authors contributed to study concepts and design; GS, RAA, AAA, MRS, SMH, and AAA, RAA, and SMH contributed to case recruitments, imaging data interpretation, and analysis. All authors contributed to literature research, manuscript drafting, revision, and editing. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Gehan S. Seifeldein.

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The study has been approved by the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, assigned the approval IRB number: 17101093. An informed written consent was obtained from all the participants in the study. Confidentiality and data anonymity were maintained during all steps of the study.

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Abd El-Aleem, R., Abd Allah, A.A., Shehata, M.R. et al. Diagnostic performance of spectral Doppler in acute appendicitis with an equivocal Alvarado score. Emerg Radiol 31, 289–290 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-024-02220-6

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