Ultrasonographic evaluation of the free intraperitoneal fluid in asymptomatic children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 732-735

  Simanovsky, Natalia ^a   Hiller, Nurith ^a   Lubashevsky, Natalia ^a   Rozovsky, Katya ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic children; Free fluid; Pelvis; US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SITUS INVERSUS; TRANSDUCER; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ASCITIC FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959966022     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1927-9     Document Type: Article

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