Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 48-51 , January 2009

Radiology of Urolithiasis: Implications of Radiation Exposure and New Imaging Modalities

  • Ronald J. Zagoria

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ronald J. Zagoria, MD, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088.
    • ,
  • Robert L. Dixon

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PII: S1548-5595(08)00170-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2008.10.006

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 48-51 , January 2009

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