Ultrasound compared with clinical examination in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-337

  Godbole, P ^a   Sprigg, A ^b   Dickson, J A S ^a   Lin, P C ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0029903444     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.4.335     Document Type: Article

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