Unenhanced Spiral CT in Acute Ureteral Colic: A Replacement for Excretory Urography?

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-20

  Ryu, Jeong Ah ^a   Kim, Bohyun ^a   Jeon, Yong Hwan ^a   Lee, Jongmee ^a   Lee, Jin Wook ^a   Jeon, Seong Soo ^a   Park, Kwan Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Stone; Unenhanced CT Excretory urography Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; URETER DISEASE; URETER STONE; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL DISEASES; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0035233790     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2001.2.1.14     Document Type: Article

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