Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 185-192 , March 2010

MR urography versus retrograde pyelography/ureteroscopy for the exclusion of upper urinary tract malignancy

  • K.S. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave. Boston, MA 02215, USA. Tel.: +1 617 754 2506; fax: +1 617 754 2205.
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  • E. Zeikus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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  • W.C. DeWolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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  • N.M. Rofsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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  • I. Pedrosa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Received 9 September 2009 ,Revised 14 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00389-4

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.11.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 185-192 , March 2010

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