The Role of Computerized Tomographic Urography in the Initial Evaluation of Hematuria

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 644-648

  Albani, Justin M ^a   Ciaschini, Michael W ^a   Streem, Stevan B ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Angermeier, Kenneth W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

hematuria; tomography; urography; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE; UROGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINATION; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 33846011119     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.09.065     Document Type: Article

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