Sonographic findings in a model of ischemia-induced necrotizing enterocolitis with pathological correlations

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 312-318

  Kim, Wha Young ^a   Kim, In One ^b,e   Kim, Woo Sun ^b   Yeon, Kyung Mo ^b   Kim, Gwang Il ^a   Lee, Sun Wha ^c   Suh, Jeong Soo ^c   Choi, Hye Young ^c   Chang, Kyu Jin ^d  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Intestine; US

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COLON ISCHEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE WALL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34147145001     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000258681.14275.19     Document Type: Article

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