Renal ultrasound findings in an Australian Aboriginal population with high rates of renal disease

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 358-361

  Singh, Gurmeet R ^a   White, Andrew V ^b   Hoy, Wendy E ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Remote Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Renal failure; Renal ultrasound; Structural abnormalities; Urinary abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY ECHOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINE DIPSTICK ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 28444491354     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00432.x     Document Type: Review

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