Intraperitoneal fluid in children: Normal ultrasound findings depend on which scan head you see

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-91

  Jéquier, Sigrid ^a   Jéquier, Jean Claude ^a   Hanquinet, Sylviane ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid; Normal children; Peritoneum; Ultrasound; Ultrasound technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAPERITONEAL FLUID; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0038521151     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0837-x     Document Type: Article

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