Urinary calculus: IVU vs. CT renal stone? A critically appraised topic

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-43

  Shine, Suzanne ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calculus; Computed tomography; Evidence based practice; Intravenous pyelogram; Intravenous urogram; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UROLITHIASIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 37549030491     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9307-0     Document Type: Article

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