Pediatric blunt abdominal trauma: Role of computed tomography vascular blush

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1196-1200

  Cox Jr , Charles S ^a,b   Geiger, James D ^a   Liu, Donald C ^a   Garver, Kim ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Vascular blush

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 12644296012     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90681-3     Document Type: Article

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