Ureteral calculi: Diagnostic efficacy of helical CT and implications for treatment of patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1485-1490

  Boulay, Isabelle ^a   Holtz, Peter ^a   Foley, W Dennis ^a   White, Brad ^a   Begun, Frank P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE;

EID: 0033016203     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.6.10350277     Document Type: Article

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