Dynamic tissue perfusion measurement: A novel tool in follow-up of renal transplants

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1711-1716

  Scholbach, Thomas ^a,c   Girelli, Elisa ^a   Scholbach, Jakob ^b  

^a Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Kidney transplants; Measurement; Software; Tissue perfusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERFUSION; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 21244437554     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000164145.89275.02     Document Type: Article

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