Standardized ultrasound method assessing detrusor muscle thickness in children

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 134-138

  Muller L ^a   Bergstrom T ^a   Hellstrom M ^a   Svensson, E ^a   Jacobsson, B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bladder; Observer variation; Ultradynamics; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER WALL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; THICKNESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0343081488     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67479-4     Document Type: Article

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