Diagnostic value of colour Doppler twinkling artefact in sites negative for stones on B mode renal sonography

Urological Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Turrin, Alberto ^a,b   Minola, Paolo ^a   Costa, Fortunato ^a   Cerati, Luciana ^a   Andrulli, Simeone ^a   Trinchieri, Alberto ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

B mode; Colour Doppler; Sonography; Twinkling artifact; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BATH; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; COLOR DOPPLER TWINKLING ARTEFACT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 36348976380     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-007-0110-8     Document Type: Article

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