MR pyelography in 115 patients with a dilated renal collecting system

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 532-536

  Blandino, Alfredo ^a,b   Gaeta, M ^a   Minutoli, F ^a   Scribano, E ^a   Vinci, S ^a   Famulari, C ^a   Pandolfo, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kidney hydroureteronephrosis; MR; Pyelography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035437844     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127347124     Document Type: Article

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