Ultrasonography of renal masses using contrast pulse sequence imaging: A pilot study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 466-472

  Wink, Margot H ^a   De La Rosette, Jean J M C H ^a   Laguna, Pilar ^a   Lagerveld, Brunolf W ^a   Wijkstra, Hessel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249892153     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0255     Document Type: Article

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