Transient splenomegaly in acute pancreatitis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue JUL., 1999, Pages 637-643

  Tsushima, Yoshito ^a,b   Tamura, T ^a   Tomioka, K ^b   Okada, C ^a   Kusano, S ^a   Endo, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Motojima General Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032808413     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.859.10624319     Document Type: Article

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