Traumatic rupture of a wandering spleen in a child: Case report and literature review

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-350

  Horwitz, Jeffrey R ^a   Black, C Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLEEN SURGERY; VOMITING;

EID: 0029771637     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199608000-00027     Document Type: Article

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