Assessment of CT urography in the diagnosis of urinary tract abnormalities

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Lin, Wen Chiung ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Jia Hwia ^b,c   Wei, Chao Jun ^b,c   Chang, Cheng Yen ^b,c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CT urography; Urinary tract; Urinary tract abnormalities; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME VATER; URETER DISEASE; URETER STRICTURE; URETHRA TUMOR; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFLAMMATION; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 1942421269     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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