Sonographic evaluation of gallbladder-wall thickening in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: Prediction of disease severity

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 286-289

  Kim, Young Ok ^a   Chun, Kyung Ah ^a,b   Choi, Jee Youn ^a   Yoon, Sun Ae ^a   Yang, Chul Woo ^a   Kim, Ki Tae ^a   Bang, Byung Kee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gallbladder wall thickening; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HANTAAN VIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0343831475     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1035     Document Type: Article

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