Sonographic determination of normal spleen size in an adult African population

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mustapha, Zainab ^a   Tahir, Abdulrahman ^a   Tukur, Maisaratu ^a   Bukar, Mohammed ^a   Lee, Wai Kit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BODY MASS INDEX; SONOGRAPHIC;

POPULATION STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953873072     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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