Delayed rupture of the spleen and streptokinase therapy

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Nam, Robert ^b   Carr, Michele M ^b   Jamieson, Christopher G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029963212     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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