Factitious renal colic

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 858-862

  Reich, Jeffrey D ^a   Hanno, Philip M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE;

ADULT; COLIC; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 0031448849     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00410-X     Document Type: Article

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