Limitations to ultrasound in the detection and measurement of urinary tract calculi

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-300

  Ray, A Andrew ^a   Ghiculete, Daniela ^a   Pace, Kenneth T ^a   Honey, R John D'A ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; UROLITHIASIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955709912     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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