Nonoperative management of newborn splenic injury: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 500-501

  Bickler, Stephen ^a   Ramachandran, V ^a   Gittes, George K ^a   Alonso, Maria ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth injuries; Hemoperitoneum; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0034092040     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(00)90222-7     Document Type: Article

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