The value of colour Doppler ultrasonography for identification of crossing vessels in children with pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 745-751

  Veyrac, Corinne ^a   Baud, Catherine ^a   Lopez, Christophe ^b   Couture, Alain ^a   Saguintaah, Magali ^a   Averous, Michel ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arteries; Colour ultrasound; Congenital; Kidney; Pelvi ureteric junction obstruction; Ultrasound; Urinary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOPLASTY; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0242551841     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1012-8     Document Type: Article

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