Abdominal ultrasonographic findings in patients with sickle-cell anaemia and thalassaemia intermedia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Papadaki, Marina G ^a,b   Kattamis, Antonios C ^b   Papadaki, Irene G ^b   Menegas, Damianos G ^b   Georgakopoulou, Theano P ^b   Mavrommati Metaxotou, Anna ^b   Kattamis, Christos A ^b  

^a Agia Sofia Children's Hospital ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Gallbladder; Hematological disease; Kidney; Liver; Sickle cell disease; Spleen; Thalassaemia intermedia; Utrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GREECE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0041560155     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0950-5     Document Type: Article

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