Relationship between renal apparent diffusion coefficient and renal interstitial fibrosis: Preliminary study

Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Science)

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 992-995

  Zhu, Jie ^a   Zhou, Xiang ping ^a   Liu, Rong bo ^a   Fu, Ping ^a   Hu, Zhang xue ^a   Ma, Ai jing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3.0T MR; Diffusion weighted imaging; Renal interstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049094893     PISSN: 1672173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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