Office ultrasound for the urologist

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 460-466

  Goldenberg, Etai ^a,b   Gilbert, Bruce R ^a  

^a The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; AIUM; Bladder; Doppler; Penile; Prostate; Renal; Scrotal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISINFECTION; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE INFERTILITY; OFFICE ULTRASOUND; PENILE ULTRASOUND; PEYRONIE DISEASE; PRIAPISM; PROSTATE CANCER; SAFETY; SCROTAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URETHRA DISEASE; UROLOGIST; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCROTUM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGY;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; SCROTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 84877142574     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0280-y     Document Type: Article

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