Usefulness of abdominal ultrasound in diagnosing necrotising enterocolitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bohnhorst, Bettina ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE WALL; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDITY;

ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS;

ABDOMEN; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883489668     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302848     Document Type: Review

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