Vesicoureteral reflux imaging in children: Comparative cost analysis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-144

  Medina, L Santiago ^a   Aguirre, Elsa ^a   Altman, Nolan R ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cost effectiveness; Radiography; Radiography, in infants and children; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STUDENT T TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0037305089     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80037-5     Document Type: Article

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