Are pediatric patients more susceptible to major renal injury from blunt trauma? A comparative study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 138-140

  Brown, Scott L ^a   Elder, Jack S ^a   Spirnak, J Patrick ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Pediatrics; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032322362     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63071-4     Document Type: Article

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