The usefulness of ureterorenoscopic examination in evaluation of upper tract disease

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Tobe, Toyofusa ^a   Kamijima, Shuuichi ^a   Araki, Kazuhiro ^a   Naya, Yukio ^a   Igarashi, Tatsuo ^b   Ichikawa, Tomohiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Managemaent; Unilateral hematuria; Upper tract carcinoma; Ureterorenoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT BIOPSY; URINARY TRACT TUMOR; URINE CYTOLOGY; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETEROSCOPES; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33646756891     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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