Ultrasonographic organometry: Liver and spleen dimensions among children in Zimbabwe

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Friis, H ^a,b   Ndhlovu, P ^c   Mduluza, T ^c   Kaondera, K ^c   Franke, D ^d   Vennervald, B Jyding ^a   Christensen, N Ørnberg ^a   Doehring, E ^e  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Städtisches Krankenhaus Hildesheim   (Germany)

^e Klin fur Dermatologie/Allergologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver and spleen size; Organometry; Schistosoma mansoni; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN SIZE; ULTRASOUND; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029974611     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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