Hematuria: A problem-based imaging algorithm illustrating the recent Dutch Guidelines on Hematuria

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1256-1265

  Van Der Molen, Aart J ^a   Hovius, Marina C ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Guideline; Hematuria; Ultrasound; Urography; x ray

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862286435     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8255     Document Type: Review

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