Early abdominal sonographic findings in patients with dengue fever

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 386-388

  Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a   Kuo, Chung Huang ^a   Chiu, King Wall ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Kuo, Chung Mou ^a   Chiu, Yi Chun ^a   Chou, Yeh Pin ^a   Chuah, Seng Kee ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasonography; Ascites; Dengue fever; Gallbladder wall, thickness; Pleural effusion; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DENGUE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TAIWAN;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 4644270058     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20060     Document Type: Article

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