The resistive index in renal Doppler sonography: Where do we stand?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 885-892

  Tublin, Mitchell E ^a   Bude, Ronald O ^b   Platt, Joel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; URETER OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037377785     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.4.1800885     Document Type: Review

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