Spontaneous rupture of the spleen: Role of ultrasound in diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 712-713

  Klinkert, P ^a   Kluit, A B ^a   De Vries, A C ^a   Puylaert, J B C M ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 0032803264     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024159950189807     Document Type: Article

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