Cost effectiveness in the detection of renal artery stenosis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 344-350

  England, William L ^a   Grim, Clarence E ^b   Weinberger, Myron H ^c   Roberts, Stephen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; hypertension; renal artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

AUSCULTATION; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PYELOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUSCULTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RENIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0023750155     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02595792     Document Type: Article

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