Normative spleen size in tall healthy athletes: Implications for safe return to contact sports after infectious mononucleosis

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 413-415

  McCorkle, Ryan ^a   Thomas, Brittany ^b   Suffaletto, Heidi ^a   Jehle, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

athletes; mononucleosis; spleen; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ATHLETES; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; SPORTS;

EID: 78649384391     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f35fe5     Document Type: Article

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