Acute ureterolithiasis: Incidence of secondary signs on unenhanced helical CT and influence on patient management

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 990-994

  Ege, Gurkan ^a   Akman, H ^a   Kuzucu, K ^a   Yildiz, S ^a  

^a International Hospital Istanbul   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calculi; CT; Obstruction; Stenosis; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY SIZE; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0346873923     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00294-0     Document Type: Article

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