Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (voiding urosonography) of vesicoureteral reflux: State of the art;Ecografia con mezzo di contrasto (urosonografia) nel reflusso vescico-ureterale: Stato dell'arte

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1211-1224

  Zimbaro, G ^a   Ascenti, G ^a   Visalli, C ^a   Bottari, A ^a   Zimbaro, F ^a   Martino, N ^a   Mazziotti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ultrasonography; Urosonography; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICTURITION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 38349056671     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0218-5     Document Type: Article

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