Abdominal plain film findings in acute ischemic bowel disease differ with age

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-243

  Wadman, M ^a   Syk, I ^b   Elmstahl B ^b   Ekberg, O ^b   Elmstahl S ^b  

^a Malmö University Hospital   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal radiography; Aged; Mesenteric vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION;

DISEASES;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ISCHEMIA; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646229078     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850500492100     Document Type: Article

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