Splenic rupture manifesting two years after diagnosis of injury

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 946-947

  Fernandes, Christopher M B ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

case report; injury; spleen; splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

EID: 0029796063     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03324.x     Document Type: Article

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