Resistive index in renal colic: A prospective study

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-382

  Shokeir, A A ^a   Abdulmaaboud, M ^a  

^a New Jeddah Clinic Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doppler ultrasonography; Renal obstruction; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033021363     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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