Elasto-sonography of the testis: Preliminary experience

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-163

  Grasso, Marco ^a   Blanco, Salvatore ^a   Raber, Marco ^a   Nespoli, Luca ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler; Elasto sonography; Testis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SOLID TUMOR; SUPINE POSITION; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTICULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149274955     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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