Blunt hepatic trauma in adults: Correlation of CT injury grading with outcome

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Becker, Christoph D ^a,b   Gal, Imre ^a   Baer, Hans U ^a   Vock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Liver, CT; Liver, injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029840650     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.1.8816546     Document Type: Article

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