Limitations of ultrasonography in the evaluation of urolithiasis: A correlation with computed tomography

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-213

  Viprakasit, Davis P ^a   Sawyer, Mark D ^a   Herrell, S Duke ^a   Miller, Nicole L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857871226     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0177     Document Type: Article

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