Is spiral computed tomography the imaging modality of choice for renal colic?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 904, 2001, Pages

  Krishna, N S ^a   Morrison, L ^a   Campbell, C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY COLIC; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NOTE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 0035143158     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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