Power Doppler sonographic pattern of acute pyelonephritis in children: Comparison with CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1451-1455

  Dacher, Jean Nicolas ^a   Pfister, Christian ^a   Monroc, Michèle ^a   Eurin, Danièle ^a   Le Dosseur, Patrick ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029896038     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.6.8633462     Document Type: Article

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