Hyperechoic renal papillae as a physiological finding in neonates

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-236

  Nakamura, Michiru ^a   Yokota, Kyoko ^a   Chen, Chian ^a   Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Izumi, Akio ^a   Kawai, Fukiko ^a   Itoh, Kouichi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperechoic papillae; Kidney; Neonatal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY PAPILLA; MALE; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032896568     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91157-1     Document Type: Article

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