Relationship between sonographic renal length and renal parenchymal thickness in normal adult Southeast Nigerians

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-234

  Okoye, I J ^a   Agwu, K K ^a   Eze, C U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Renal biopsy; Renal length; Renal parenchymal thickness; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33846116561     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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