Spleen sizing by ultrasound in polycythaemia and thrombocythaemia: Comparison with SPECT

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-107

  Messinezy, M ^a   Macdonald, L M ^a   Nunan, T O ^a   Westwood, N B ^a   Chinn, S ^a   Pearson, T C ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polycythaemia; SPECT; Spleen size; Thrombocythaemia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030754583     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1552969.x     Document Type: Article

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