Ultrasonography plus plain film in patients with renal colic: Still a valuable initial approach?;Ecografia e radiogramma diretto dell'addome nella diagnostica della colica renale: Un approccio ancora valido?

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 222-225

  Dalla Palma, Ludovico ^a   Stacul, Fulvio ^a   Mosconi, Elisa ^a   Pozzi Mucelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helical CT; Renal colic; Ultrasonography; Urography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLIC; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

COLIC; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035488534     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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