Urology
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 295-300 , August 2010

Limitations to Ultrasound in the Detection and Measurement of Urinary Tract Calculi

This study was presented at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2009.

Received 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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 This study was presented as a poster at the Canadian Urological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, 2009.

PII: S0090-4295(09)03079-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.12.015

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 295-300 , August 2010

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