Imaging in ureteral complications of renal transplantation: Value of static fluid MR urography

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1152-1157

  Schubert, R A ^a,b   Gockeritz S ^a   Mentzel, H J ^a   Rzanny, R ^a   Schubert, J ^a   Kaiser, W A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; MR urography; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STRICTURE; UROGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 1642586701     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003309900294     Document Type: Article

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