Diagnostic laparoscopy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Alaish, Samuel M ^b   Stylianos, Steven ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TESTIS DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HERNIA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0031684555     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199806000-00019     Document Type: Short Survey

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