Comparison of brucella and non-specific epididymorchitis: Gray scale and color Doppler ultrasonographic features

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-262

  Ozturk, Adil ^a   Ozturk, Ebru ^a   Zeyrek, Fadile ^b   Onur, Kahraman ^c   Sirmatel, Ocal ^a   Kat, Nurcan ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SSK Sanliurfa Hastanesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Epididymorchitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

BRUCELLOSIS; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMORCHITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMORCHITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS SIZE; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRUCELLOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHITIS; SCROTUM; SKIN; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 26944497871     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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