Native spiral computed tomography in patients with acute flank pain - Yes or no?;Nativ-spiral-computertomographie bei patienten mit akutem flanken- schmerz - Sinn oder unsinn?

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Neuen Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-173

  Ruppert Kohlmayr, A J ^a   Stacher, R ^a   Preidler, K W ^a   Zigeuner, R ^b   Primus, G ^b   Ricabonna, M ^a   Szolar, D H M ^a,c  

^a Univ Klinik fur Radiologie Graz   (Austria)

^b Univ Klin für Urologie Graz   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

CT; Obstruction; Ureter; Urography; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0032895162     PISSN: 09366652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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