The diagnosis of upper urinary tract obstruction

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 893-901

  Shokeir, A A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIURESIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY PAPILLA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; RENOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032919097     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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