Retroperitoneal fibrosis: New insights into clinical presentation and diagnosis

Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-210

  Vaglio, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ERGOT ALKALOID; ASBESTOS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RARE DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCROTAL SWELLING; VARICOCELE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ILIAC ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ASBESTOS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651089843     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181afc4d1     Document Type: Note

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