Partial splenic embolization in five children with hypersplenism: Effects of reduced-volume embolization on efficacy and morbidity

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 803-806

  Harned II, Roger K ^a   Thompson, Henry R ^a,b   Kumpe, David A ^a   Narkewicz, Michael R ^a,b   Sokol, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, therapeutic blockade; Spleen, diseases; Spleen, infarction; Spleen, interventional procedure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERSPLENISM; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0031672513     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.3.9844678     Document Type: Article

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