Ultrasound in the assessment of the acute scrotum

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 405-421

  Herbener, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Epididymitis; Scrotum; Testicular torsion; Testicular trauma

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; ORCHITIS; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029787610     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199610)24:8<405::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Conference Paper

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