Urinary Stone Size: Comparison of Abdominal Plain Radiography and Noncontrast CT Measurements

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 725-728

  Parsons, J Kellogg ^a   Lancini, Vanessa ^a   Shetye, Kedar ^a   Regan, Finton ^a   Potter, Steven R ^a   Jarrett, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE ANALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0344585961     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277903770802245     Document Type: Article

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