Spontaneous rupture of the spleen: Ultrasound patterns, diagnosis and follow-up

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 910, 2003, Pages 704-711

  Gorg C ^a   Colle J ^a   Gorg K ^a   Prinz, H ^a   Zugmaier, G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLEEN SURGERY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10744226067     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/69247894     Document Type: Article

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