Splenic injury diagnosed with CT: US follow-up and healing rate in children and adolescents

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 515-518

  Emery, Kathleen H ^a   Babcock, Diane S ^a   Borgman, Andrea S ^a   Garcia, Victor F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Spleen, CT; Spleen, injuries; Spleen, neoplasms; Spleen, US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0032765287     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.2.r99au25515     Document Type: Article

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