Renal resistive index early detects chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy in normo- and hypertensive patients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Boddi, Maria ^a,b   Cecioni, Ilaria ^a   Poggesi, Loredana ^a   Fiorentino, Francesca ^a   Olianti, Katia ^a   Berardino, Sabino ^a   La Cava, Giuseppe ^a   Gensini, GianFranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Essential hypertension; Renal resistive index; Tubulointerstitial nephropathy

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING ABILITY; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RENAL PLASMA FLOW, EFFECTIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33645673195     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090786     Document Type: Article

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