MR urography: Anatomy and physiology

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Grattan Smith, J Damien ^a,b  

^a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MR Urography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 42049092838     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0793-1     Document Type: Review

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