Kehr's sign - A rare cause: Spontaneous phrenic artery rupture

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 913-914

  Sutton, Christopher D ^a   Marshall, Leslie Jayne ^a   White, Steve A ^a   Berry, David P ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal apoplexy; Acute abdomen; Diaphragm; Haemorrhage; Phrenic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 0036912959     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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