Unilateral Duplicated System: Comparative Length and Function of the Kidneys

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-102

  Davidovits, Miriam ^a   Eisenstein, Bella ^a   Ziv, Niza ^a   Krause, Irit ^a   Cleper, Roxanna ^a   Bar Sever, Zvi ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Duplex kidney; Kidney length; Relative renal function

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DUPLICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNILATERAL DUPLEX KIDNEY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242275120     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000109331.37224.5f     Document Type: Review

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