Accuracy of ultrasonography in assessing spleen and liver size in patients with gaucher disease: Comparison to computed tomographic measurements

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-211

  Elstein, Deborah ^a   Hadas Halpern, Irit ^a   Azuri, Yosef ^a   Abrahamov, Ayala ^a   Bar Ziv, Yaakov ^b   Zimran, Ari ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gaucher disease; Liver; Spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

GAUCHER DISEASES; LIVER; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0031104143     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.3.209     Document Type: Article

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