Ultrasound assessment of spleen size in collegiate athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Hosey, Robert G ^a   Mattacola, C G ^a   Kriss, V ^b   Armsey, T ^c   Quarles, J D ^a   Jagger, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; THALASSEMIA; ULTRASOUND; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; SPORTS;

EID: 33644929002     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.022376     Document Type: Article

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