Diagnosis of noncalcareous hydronephrosis: Role of magnetic resonance urography and noncontrast computed tomography

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-229

  Shokeir, Ahmed A ^a,b   El Diasty, Tarek ^a   Eassa, Waleed ^a   Mosbah, Ahmed ^a   Mohsen, Tarek ^a   Mansour, Osama ^a   Dawaba, Mohamed ^a   El Kappany, Hamdy ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONCONTRAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URETER STRICTURE; URETER TUMOR;

EID: 1242296786     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.09.086     Document Type: Article

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