Accuracy of renal ultrasound measurements for predicting actual kidney size

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2278-2281

  Ferrer, Fernando A ^a   McKenna, Patrick H ^a   Bauer, M Brian ^a   Miller, Steven F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

hypertrophy; kidney; swine; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; KIDNEY SIZE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0030965668     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64762-1     Document Type: Article

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