Prospective comparison of computerized tomography and excretory urography in the initial evaluation of asymptomatic microhematuria

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2457-2460

  Gray Sears, Christine L ^a,c   Ward, John F ^a,d   Sears, Stephen T ^a,c   Puckett, Michael F ^a,b   Kane, Christopher J ^a,e   Amling, Christopher L ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (Japan)

^c Naval Hospital Bremerton   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematuria; Neoplasms; Tomography; Urography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036896478     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64167-5     Document Type: Article

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