Incidentalology: A developing urological sub-specialty

Surgeon

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 301-306

  Looney, A T ^a   Nason, G J ^a   McGuire, B B ^a   Kelly, M E ^a   Mulvin, D W ^a   Galvin, D J ^a   Quinlan, D M ^a   Lennon, G M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Incidental findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROLOGIC DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84927176843     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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