title: Normal values of liver and spleen size by ultrasonography in Indian children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish normative data for the ultrasonographic measurement of liver and spleen size in healthy Indian children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary-care pediatric teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, hospital-based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  597 healthy children between the ages of 1 month to 12 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasonographic evaluation for the assessment of liver and spleen size. These were correlated with the age, sex, height/length and weight of the participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Normal liver and spleen length and range were obtained sonographically. The liver and spleen length significantly correlated highly with the height/length of the subjects (P=0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study provides the normal values of liver and spleen size by ultrasonography in healthy Indian children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya (Maulana Azad Medical College), Geeta Colony, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Bhavna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dhingra
authors.forename: Suvasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Devendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Reema
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Ravindra Mohan
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Shailendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013154:Spleen / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014463:Ultrasonography