MR urography versus retrograde pyelography/ureteroscopy for the exclusion of upper urinary tract malignancy

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Lee, K S ^a   Zeikus, E ^a   DeWolf, W C ^a   Rofsky, N M ^a   Pedrosa, I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75249084481     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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