Interloop fluid in intussusception: What is its significance?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 727-731

  Gartner, Robyn D ^a   Levin, Terry L ^b   Borenstein, Steven H ^b   Han, Bokyung Kim ^c   Blumfield, Einat ^d   Murphy, Robyn ^e   Freeman, Katherine ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Interloop fluid; Intussusception; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTUSSUSCEPTION; JUVENILE POLYP; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

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

EID: 79960006738     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1931-0     Document Type: Article

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