Effective radiation exposure in evaluation and follow-up of patients with urolithiasis

Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Fahmy, Nader M ^a   Elkoushy, Mohamed A ^a   Andonian, Sero ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655161472     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.07.1387     Document Type: Article

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