Furosemide for the diagnosis of complete or partial ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-14

  Karavida, Niovi ^a   Basu, Sandip ^b   Grammaticos, Philip ^a  

^a Tata Memorial Hospital ANNEXE ^*  (Greece)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; REVIEW; STENT; URETER; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77951870934     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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