Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction: An all-in-one approach

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 641-645

  El Nahas, Ahmed R ^a,b   Abou El Ghar, Mohamed E ^a   Refae, Huda F ^a   Gad, Hossam M ^a   El Diasty, Tarek A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crossing vessel; Endopyelotomy; MRA; MRI; MRU; Pelvi ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO)

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; PYELOTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846933555     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06673.x     Document Type: Article

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