Retrospective view of "diagnosis of Acute Flank Pain: Value of Unenhanced Helical CT"

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 603-604

  Zagoria, Ronald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Calculi; Flank pain; Helical CT; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; UROGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 33748445902     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0263     Document Type: Note

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