Assessment of the clinical utility of the rim and comet-tail signs in differentiating ureteral stones from phleboliths

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1285-1291

  Guest, A R ^a   Cohan, R H ^a   Korobkin, M ^a   Platt, J F ^a   Bundschu, C C ^a   Francis, I R ^a   Gebramarium, A ^a   Murray, U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0035188518     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.6.1771285     Document Type: Article

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