Sonographic evaluation of spleen size and prevalence of accessory spleen in a healthy male Turkish population

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-28

  Serter, Selim ^a   Ceylan, Cengiz ^a   Tunçyürek, Özüm ^a   Örgüç, Şebnem ^a   Pabuçcu, Yüksel ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prevalence of accessory spleen; Splenomegaly; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77649328190     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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