Diagnosis of Medullary Sponge Kidney by Computed Tomographic Urography

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-150

  Maw, Anna M ^a   Megibow, Alec J ^a   Grasso, Michael ^b   Goldfarb, David S ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney calculi; Kidney abnormalities; nephrocalcinosis; tomography, spiral computed; urography

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; LEVOFLOXACIN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; MEDULLARY SPONGE KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 34250729622     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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