Utility of the resistance index ratio in differentiating obstructive from nonobstructive hydronephrosis in children

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Lim, Gye Yeon ^a   Jang, Hye Suk ^a   Lee, Eun Ja ^a   Lim, Yeon Soo ^a   Jung, Seung Eun ^a   Lee, Jae Mun ^a   Park, Seog Hee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Doppler ultrasonography; Infants; Kidney; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; NEPHRECTOMY; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PYELOPLASTY; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032960274     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199905)27:4<187::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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