Liver function tests in children with blunt abdominal traumas

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-316

  Karam, O ^a   La Scala, Giorgio ^a   Le Coultre, C ^a   Chardot, C ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Child; Computed tomography scan; Liver function tests; Liver injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 36349004652     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965533     Document Type: Article

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