Vesicoureteral reflux: Can the urethra be adequately assessed by using contrast-enhanced voiding US of the bladder?

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 235-241

  Berrocal, Teresa ^a   Gayá, Francisco ^a   Arjonilla, Antonia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GALACTOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; URETHRA; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA STENOSIS; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHRA VALVE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VIDEOTAPE; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; URETHRA; URINATION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 10644269964     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2341031503     Document Type: Article

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