Accuracy of the sonographic determination of the splenic weight in comparison with the weight at autopsy;Genauigkeit der sonographischen milzgewichtsbestimmung am lebenden im vergleich zum pathologischen korrelat

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-535

  Kluhs L ^a   Teichgraber U K M ^a   Schneider, U ^b   Ludwig, W D ^a   Dorken B ^a   Benter, Thomas ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Section of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Sonography; Spleen, measurements; Spleen, weight; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENECTOMY;

AUTOPSY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242417557     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38435     Document Type: Article

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