Ultrasonography in kidney transplantation: values and new developments

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Jimenez, Carlos ^a   Lopez, María Ovidea ^a   Gonzalez, Elena ^a   Selgas, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE VASCULAR REJECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY INFARCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 70349172519     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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