Individual patient variation and inter-rater reliability of lower calyceal infundibular width on routine intravenous pyelography

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-609

  Pace, K T ^a,b   Weir, M J ^a   Harju, M ^a   Tariq, N ^a   D'A Honey, R J ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infundibular width; Kidney stones; Lower calyx; Measurement; Reliability; Renal anatomy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY PELVIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0142124022     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04452.x     Document Type: Article

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