Accuracy of sonography for detecting renal stone: Comparison with CT

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 256-261

  Ulusan, Serife ^a   Koc, Zafer ^a   Tokmak, Naime ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Noncontrast CT; Renal stone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249898101     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20347     Document Type: Article

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