Paranephric abscess during pregnancy: A case for a low-dose interventional CT

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-187

  Athanasopoulos, A ^a   Petsas, T ^a   Fokaefs, E ^a   Skouras, T ^a   Galazidou, E ^a   Perimenis, P ^a   Barbalias, G ^a  

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Author keywords

Low dose CT; Paranephric abscess; Pyonephrosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; FEMALE; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEPHROSTOMY; PARARENAL ABSCESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8344274424     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079703     Document Type: Article

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