Transvaginal gray-scale imaging of ureteral jets in the evaluation of ureteral patency

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 342-345

  Haratz Rubinstein, N ^a   Murphy, K E ^a   Monteagudo, A ^a   Timor Tritsch, I E ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Transvaginal gray scale imaging; Ureteral patency

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TIME; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETER FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031437129     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10050342.x     Document Type: Article

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