What do Doppler indices of renal perfusion tell us for the evaluation of renal disease?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1795-1797

  Hausberg, Martin ^a,b   Lang, Detlef ^a   Barenbrock, Michael ^a   Kosch, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

EID: 29244482250     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000183525.50875.d1     Document Type: Editorial

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