Splenic infarction: 10 years of experience

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-265

  Antopolsky, Meir ^a   Hiller, Nurit ^a   Salameh, Shaden ^a   Goldshtein, Beth ^a   Stalnikowicz, Ruth ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62749141222     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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