High-resolution and color doppler ultrasonography of cervical lymphadenopathy in children

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 470-476

  Papakonstantinou, O ^a   Bakantaki, A ^a   Paspalaki, P ^a   Charoulakis, N ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lymphatic disease, cervical lymphadenopathy; Pediatric; Ultrasonography, color Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; NECK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; NECK; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0035437840     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127347197     Document Type: Article

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