Mesenteric lymph nodes in children: What is normal?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 774-777

  Karmazyn, Boaz ^a,b   Werner, Elizabeth A ^a   Rejaie, Babak ^a   Applegate, Kimberly E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CT; Lymphadenopathy; Mesentery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; KIDNEY CALCULI; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MESENTERY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23644440945     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1462-2     Document Type: Article

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