Renal vascular imaging: Ultrasound and other modalities

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-292

  Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Doppler; Kidney; Renal; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS; REVIEW; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 37349068129     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ruq.0b013e31815adf4c     Document Type: Review

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