Abdominal cocoon: Sonographic features

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 719-721

  Vijayaraghavan, S Boopathy ^a   Palanivelu, Chinnusamy ^b   Sendhilkumar, Karuppusamy ^b   Parthasarathi, Ramakrishnan ^b  

^a Sonoscan Ultrasonic Scan Centre   (India)

^b GEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; NEONATAL MONITORING;

SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL COCOON; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; LAPAROTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 0038799808     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.7.719     Document Type: Article

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