The Whitaker test: 35 years on

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Lupton, Eric W ^a   George, Nicholas J R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Pressure flow studies; Upper urinary tract

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROGRAFIN 150;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHRECTOMY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STRICTURE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE FLOW RATE; WHITAKER TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149083038     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08609.x     Document Type: Article

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