Prospective comparison of unenhanced spiral computed tomography and intravenous urogram in the evaluation of acute flank pain

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 982-987

  Miller, Oren F ^a   Rineer, Scott K ^a   Reichard, Scott R ^a   Buckley, Robert G ^a   Donovan, Murray S ^a   Graham, Ian R ^a   Goff, Walter B ^a   Kane, Christopher J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0032402128     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00368-9     Document Type: Article

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