Blunt abdominal trauma: Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced US in children - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 903-909

  Valentino, Massimo ^a   Serra, Carla ^a   Pavlica, Pietro ^a   Labate, Antonio Maria Morselli ^a   Lima, Mario ^a   Baroncini, Simonetta ^a   Barozzi, Libero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PANCREAS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INJURY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 40949089632     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2463070652     Document Type: Article

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