Normal splenic size in a Chinese population

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 345-347

  Loftus, William K ^a,b   Metreweli, Constantine ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Spleen; Splenomegaly; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; SPLEEN SIZE;

EID: 0031148541     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.5.345     Document Type: Article

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