A longitudinal study of kidney structure and function in adults

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1120-1126

  Kariyanna, Shathabish S ^a   Light, Robert P ^a   Agarwal, Rajiv ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GFR; Kidney atrophy; Prognosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950228237     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp654     Document Type: Article

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