The economic implications of unsuspected findings from CT urography performed for haematuria

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages 1303-1306

  Bromage, Stephen J ^a   Liew, M P C ^a   Moore, K C ^a   Raju, B ^a   Shackley, D C ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC UROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866272687     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/96070557     Document Type: Article

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