A formula for determining the standard liver volume in children: A special reference for neonates and infants

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Saeki, Isamu ^a   Tokunaga, Shoji ^b   Matsuura, Toshiharu ^a   Hayashida, Makoto ^a   Yanagi, Yusuke ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; computed tomography; liver transplantation; neonate; standard liver volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859726569     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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