Intra and interobserver variability of renal allograft ultrasound volume and resistive index measurements;Variabilità intra- ed interoperatore delle misure ecografiche del volume e dell'indice di resistenza del rene trapiantato

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-394

  Mancini, Marcello ^a   Daniele, Stefania ^b   Raffio, Teresa ^b   Liuzzi, Raffaele ^a   Sabbatini, Massimo ^b   Cianciaruso, Bruno ^b   Ferrara, Liberato Aldo ^b   Salvatore, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Renal Transplantation; Resistive Index; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; AGED; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 22244435286     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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