Case 86: Meckel diverticulum with massive bleeding

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 836-840

  Satya, Ramadas ^a   O'Malley, Janis P ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCINTISCANNING; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 23844443820     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363031026     Document Type: Article

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