Normal liver size measurement in ethiopian children below thirteen years of age, black lion hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Balcha, Harmit Haile ^a   Admassi, Daniel ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865232046     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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