The small spleen: Sonographic patterns of functional hyposplenia or asplenia

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 152-155

  Görg, Christian ^a   Eichkorn, Miriam ^a   Zugmaier, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Functional asplenia; Small spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAMETER; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0037373771     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10148     Document Type: Article

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