B-mode and colour-flow duplex ultrasonography: A useful adjunct in diagnosing scrotal diseases?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-65

  Hendrikx, A J M ^a   Linh Dang, C ^a,b   Vroegindeweij, D ^a,b,c   Korte, J H ^a,b,c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour flow duplex; Diagnosis; Scrotal disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS; TESTIS TORSION; TUMOR; UROLOGY;

EID: 0031403836     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.30213.x     Document Type: Article

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