The use of contrast-enhanced US in renal transplant: First results and potential clinical benefit

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Dieckhöfer, Jan ^a   Mühler, Matthias ^a   Lembcke, Alexander ^a   Morgera, Stanislao ^a   Budde, Klemens ^a   Neumayer, Hans Helmuth ^a   Ebeling, Volko ^a   Thomas, Anke ^a   Filimonow, Serjei ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Kidney; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RENOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644582560     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: 16133757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-005-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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