Clockwise whirlpool sign at color Doppler US: An objective and definite sign of midgut volvulus

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Shimanuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Aihara, Toshinori ^a   Takano, Hideyuki ^a   Moritani, Toshio ^a   Oguma, Eiji ^a   Kuroki, Hidemitsu ^a   Shibata, Atsushi ^a   Nozawa, Kumiko ^a   Ohkawara, Kiyoshi ^a   Hirata, Akinari ^a   Imaizumi, Satohiko ^a  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infants, newborn, gastrointestinal tract; Intestines, US; Intestines, volvulus; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies; Ultrasound (US), in infants and children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; MIDGUT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344379577     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633156     Document Type: Article

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