The R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score: A Comprehensive Standardized System for Quantitating Renal Tumor Size, Location and Depth

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 844-853

  Kutikov, Alexander ^a   Uzzo, Robert G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; carcinoma; classification; nephrectomy; renal cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; KIDNEY VEIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68149183580     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.05.035     Document Type: Article

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