Evaluation of the splenic vein diameter and longitudinal size of the spleen in patients with Gamna-Gandy bodies

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 125-128

  Ünsal, Nuray Haliloǧlu ^a   Erden, Ayşe ^a   Erden, Ilhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Portal hypertension; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENIC VEIN; STUDENT T TEST; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC VEIN;

EID: 33748580985     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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