Renal infarction: An uncommon mimic presenting with flank pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-327

  Manfredini, Roberto ^a   La Cecilia, Olga ^a   Ughi, Gianni ^b   Kuwornu, Hélén ^a   Bressan, Sabrina ^a   Regoli, François ^a   Orzincolo, Carlo ^b   Daniele, Carlo ^b   Gallerani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Idiopathic; Renal infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034078752     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90129-3     Document Type: Article

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