MR angiography in patients with renal disease

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-151

  Michaely, Henrik J ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Rieger, Johannes R ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; IODINE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERFUSION; REVIEW;

EID: 14844336979     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2004.12.007     Document Type: Review

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