Congenital intestinal lymphangiectasia: CT demonstration in a young child

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-332

  Mazzie, Joseph P ^a,b   Maslin, Peter I ^a,b   Moy, Libia ^a,b   Price, Anita P ^a,b   Katz, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Lymphangiectasia; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DISEASE CONTROL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) APPEARANCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0042427814     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00588-0     Document Type: Article

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