Effects of altitude on spleen volume: Sonographic assessment

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 182-185

  Sonmez, Guner ^a   Ozturk, Ersin ^a   Basekim, C Cinar ^a   Mutlu, Hakan ^a   Kilic, Selim ^b   Oaem, Yalcia ^a   Kizilkaya, Esref ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altitude; Sonography; Spleen volume

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPLEEN EXAMINATION; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENIC VEIN; THICKNESS; THROMBOCYTE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ALTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; POSTURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPLEEN; SUPINE POSITION; TURKEY;

EID: 34248574846     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20346     Document Type: Article

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