The 'circle sign': A new sonographic sign of pneumatosis intestinalis - Clinical, pathologic and experimental findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 530-535

  Goske, Marilyn J ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a   Applegate, Kimberly E ^a   Mitchell, Craig S ^a   Bardo, Dianna ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032970286     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050638     Document Type: Article

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