Color Doppler sonography of normal and torsed testicular appendages in children

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1287-1292

  Baldisserotto, Matteo ^a   De Souza, João Carlos Ketzer ^a   Pertence, Ana Paula ^a   Dora, Marcelo Dourado ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SCROTUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TORSION; ACUTE DISEASE; INFANT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TORSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TORSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 18244378284     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.4.01841287     Document Type: Article

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