US findings of adnexal torsion in children and adolescents: Size really does matter

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1013-1019

  Linam, Leann E ^a   Darolia, Renuka ^b   Naffaa, Lena N ^c   Breech, Lesley L ^a   O'Hara, Sara M ^a   Hillard, Paula J ^a   Huppert, Jill S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexa; Adolescent; Doppler; Ovary; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENARCHE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE TUBE TORSION;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORSION ABNORMALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548754433     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0599-6     Document Type: Article

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