Magnetic resonance urography in pediatric urology

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-83

  Cerwinka, Wolfgang H ^a   Damien Grattan Smith, J ^a   Kirsch, Andrew J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Magnetic resonance urography; Pediatric urology

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD UROLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 38149004770     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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