Arterial splenic calcifications in children with AIDS: Two case reports

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 387-389

  Ghersin, Eduard ^a   Montalvo, Berta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Arterial calcifications; HIV associated vasculopathy; Human immunodeficiency virus; Splenic calcifications; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; INDINAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036943616     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0630-2     Document Type: Article

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