CT diagnosis of acute flank pain from urolithiasis

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-19

  Chen, Michael Y M ^a   Scharling, Eric S ^a   Zagoria, Ronald J ^a   Bechtold, Robert E ^a   Dixon, Robert L ^a   Dyer, Raymond B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0033961370     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(00)90010-6     Document Type: Article

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