Color Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnostic evaluation of renal allografts

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Schwenger, Vedat ^a   Hinkel, Ulrich Paul ^a   Nahm, Anna Maria ^a   Morath, Christian ^a   Zeier, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Contrast enhanced sonography; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33749999724     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094445     Document Type: Short Survey

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