Reliability of Splenic Index to Assess Splenic Involvement in Pediatric Hodgkin's Disease

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Aygun, Banu ^a   Karakas, Sabiha P ^a   Leonidas, John ^a   Valderrama, Elsa ^a   Karayalcin, Gungor ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's disease; Pediatric; Splenic index

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENIC INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0346373796     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200401000-00022     Document Type: Review

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