Original report. Using orbital sonography to diagnose and monitor treatment of acute swelling of the eyelids in pediatric patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1529-1534

  Helmuth Mair, Michael ^a   Geley, Theresa ^b   Judmaier, Werner ^b   Gaßner, Ingmar ^b  

^a Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT INFECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELLULITIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; INFANT; INFECTION; INSECT BITE; ORBIT; ORBIT DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; ORBIT; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036892425     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.6.1791529     Document Type: Article

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