Interlobular vasculature in renal transplants: A power Doppler US study with MR correlation

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Martinoli, Carlo ^a   Crespi, Giovanni ^a   Bertolotto, Michele ^a   Rollandi, GianAndrea ^a   Rosenberg, Ilan ^a   Pretolesi, Fabio ^a   Derchi, Lorenzo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kidney, MR; Kidney, perfusion; Kidney, transplantation; Ultrasound (US), Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030000030     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.1.8657897     Document Type: Article

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