Determination of normal splenic volume on computed tomography in relation to age, gender and body habitus

European Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-248

  Prassopoulos, P ^a   Daskalogiannaki, M ^a   Raissaki, M ^a   Hatjidakis, A ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

CT; Spleen; Volume determinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLEEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030638511     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050145     Document Type: Article

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