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Spleen-left kidney ratio and liver-right kidney ratio: novel measures of normal liver, spleen, and kidney dimensions in Southwestern Nigerian children.

Folasade T AkinladeO M AkinladeA A Aremu
Published in: Journal of ultrasound (2020)
The SPL:LKL ratio of 1.11 ± 0.18 can be only used as a measure of normality of organ dimensions in males. On the contrary, the RLL:RKL of 1.19 ± 0.18 can be used in all children, regardless of sex, provided that the reference organ is normal.
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  • young adults