Performance of computed tomographic urography in diagnosis of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, in patients presenting with hematuria: Systematic review and meta-analysis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Chlapoutakis, Konstantinos ^a   Theocharopoulos, Nicholas ^a,b   Yarmenitis, Spyros ^a   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CT; Haematuria; Urography; Urothelial neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA; META-ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ONE STOP; RADIATION RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK PERCEPTION; TUMORS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY;

COMORBIDITY; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 76349119455     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.10.026     Document Type: Review

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