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Ultrasonographic assessment of splenic volume and its correlation with body parameters in a Jordanian population

Darwish H. Badran, Heba M. Kalbouneh, Maher T. Al-Hadidi, Amjad T. Shatarat, Emad S. Tarawneh, Azmy M. Hadidy and Waleed S. Mahafza
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 967-972; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.11809
Darwish H. Badran
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
MD, PhD
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Heba M. Kalbouneh
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Maher T. Al-Hadidi
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Amjad T. Shatarat
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Emad S. Tarawneh
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Azmy M. Hadidy
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Waleed S. Mahafza
From the Department of Anatomy and Histology (Badran, Kalbouneh, Al-Hadidi, Shatarat), and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Tarawneh, Hadidy, Mahafza), Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Darwish H. Badran, Heba M. Kalbouneh, Maher T. Al-Hadidi, Amjad T. Shatarat, Emad S. Tarawneh, Azmy M. Hadidy, Waleed S. Mahafza
Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2015, 36 (8) 967-972; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.8.11809
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