Splenic infarct presenting as acute abdominal pain in an older patient

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-322

  Beeson, Michael S ^a,b  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

infarction; spleen

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INFARCTION;

EID: 0029934478     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(96)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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