Patricia L. Belanger

Tailored low-dose fluoroscopic voiding cystourethrography for the reevaluation of vesicoureteral reflux in girls (1994)

Kleinman, Paul K., Diamond, David A., Karellas, Andrew, Spevak, Melissa R., Nimkin, Katherine, Belanger, Patricia L.

OBJECTIVE. Radionuclide voiding cystography is generally advocated for the reevaluation of proved vesicoureteral reflux. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of tailored low-dose...

Normal metaphyseal radiologic variants not to be confused with findings of infant abuse (1991)

Kleinman, Paul K., Belanger, Patricia L., Karellas, Andrew, Spevak, Melissa R.

Postmortem high-detail skeletal radiography of 78 infants who died of the sudden infant death syndrome was performed during a 3-year period. Review of the studies reveals a variety of distinct...

Extension of growth-plate cartilage into the metaphysis: a sign of healing fracture in abused infants (1991)

Kleinman, Paul K., Spevak, Melissa R., Belanger, Patricia L., Richmond, Joann M.

The present study was carried out to determine if healing metaphyseal injury in abused infants is accompanied by an increase in the thickness of the growth-plate zone of hypertrophic cartilage and if...

Atretic esophagus: transgastric balloon-assisted hydrostatic dilation (1989)

Kleinman, Paul K., Waite, Richard J., Cohen, Ian T., Hirsh, Michael P., Belanger, Patricia L.

Esophageal atresia may be associated with a long interval or gap between the upper and lower pouches. Despite a variety of procedures to elongate the esophagus, surgeons have been unable to achieve...