## Abstract ## Purpose. To use sonography to determine changes that may arise in splenic volume in humans from regions of lower altitude who begin to live in regions of higher altitude. ## Materials and Methods. The study was conducted in the Turkish province of AΔrΔ±, at an altitude of 1750 m an
Sonographic assessment of normal spleen volume
β Scribed by Prof. Dr. Aldo Junqueira Rodrigues Jr.; Consuelo Junqueira Rodrigues; Marco Antonio Germano; Irineu Rasera Jr.; Giovanni Guido Cerri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
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