Do kidney sizes in ultrasonography correlate to glomerular filtration rate in healthy children?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Adibi, A ^a   Adibi, I ^a   Khosravi, P ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Healthy children; Kidney sizes; Renal function; Ultrasongraphy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35448942398     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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