Doppler Ultrasonographic Indices After Renal Transplantation as Renal Function Predictors

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Nezami, N ^a,b   Tarzamni, M K ^a,b   Argani, H ^b,c   Nourifar, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Young Researchers' Club   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 38849108726     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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