Relationship of increased renal cortical echogenicity with clinical and laboratory findings in pediatric renal disease

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 339-342

  Kasap, Belde ^a   Soylu, Alper ^a   Türkmen, Mehmet ^a   Kavukcu, Salih ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Increased renal cortical echogenicity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGENICITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; RELATIVE DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33748036027     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20243     Document Type: Review

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