Accessory spleen: Prevalence and multidetector CT appearance

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 18-23

  Rashid, Sameeah Abdulrahman ^a  

^a Rizgary Teaching Hospital   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Multi detector computed tomography; Prevalence; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SPLEEN DENSITY; SPLEEN SHAPE; SPLEEN SIZE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84907362929     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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