In young adults with a low body mass index ultrasonography is sufficient as a diagnostic tool for ureteric stones

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 770-774

  Pichler, Renate ^a   Skradski, Viktor ^a   Aigner, Friedrich ^a   Leonhartsberger, Nicolai ^a   Steiner, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

computed tomography; diagnosis; ultrasonography; ureteroscopy; urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; STONE LOCATION; STONE SIZE; URETER; URETERORENOSCOPY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857373342     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10372.x     Document Type: Article

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