Normal values of liver and spleen size by ultrasonography in Indian children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 487-492

  Dhingra, Bhavna ^a   Sharma, Suvasini ^a   Mishra, Devendra ^a   Kumari, Reema ^a   Pandey, Ravindra Mohan ^b   Aggarwal, Shailendra ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Liver; Measurements; Organometry; Spleen; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER SIZE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SEX; SPLEEN SIZE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; LIVER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LIVER; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78049398090     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0090-6     Document Type: Article

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