Splenic Abscess: Report of Six Cases and Review of the Literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-85

  Green, Bryan T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Mastin 400L ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035235233     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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