Splenic rupture after colonoscopy

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117.e1-117.e3

  Duarte, Carlos G ^a  

^a 300 S Randell Rd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

EID: 36849043108     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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