The diagnostic yield of intravenous urography

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 200-204

  Little, Mark A ^a   Stafford Johnson, David B ^a   O'Callaghan, John P ^a   Walshe, J Joseph ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bladder outflow obstruction; Cancer; Colic; Diagnosis; Haematuria; Intravenous urogram; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033967635     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.2.200     Document Type: Article

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