Splenic Injury Presenting with Isolated Scrotal Findings in a Stable Newborn

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1673-1675

  Perdomo, Yvette ^a   Fiore, Nicholas ^a,b   Reyna, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Children's Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Newborn; Scrotal ecchymosis; Scrotal swelling; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0242693188     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00581-5     Document Type: Article

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