Normal renal dimensions in a specific population

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 510-515

  Fernandes, Mário M R ^a   Lemos, Carla C S ^a   Lopes, Guilherme S ^a   Madeira, Eugenio P Q ^a   Santos, Omar R ^a   Dorigo, David ^a   Bregman, Raquel ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biometry; Kidney; Ultrasonography; Urography

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENDER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RENOGRAPHY; URINARY EXCRETION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0036870823     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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