Enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes in asymptomatic children: The value of the finding in various imaging modalities

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 925, 2005, Pages 30-33

  Rathaus, V ^a,c   Shapiro, M ^a,c   Grunebaum, M ^b   Zissin, R ^a,c  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Veteran Paediatric Radiology   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MESENTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14044274917     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/68274086     Document Type: Article

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