Reexamining the value of hematuria testing in patients with acute flank pain

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 685-687

  Bove, Peter ^a   Kaplan, David ^a   Dalrymple, Neal ^a   Rosenfield, Arthur T ^a   Verga, Marco ^a   Anderson, Kevin ^a   Smith, Robert C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematuria; Pain; Tomography; Ureteral calculi; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032882978     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00013     Document Type: Article

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