Multidetector computed tomography findings and correlations with proteinuria in nutcracker syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 469-475

  Cho, Byoung Soo ^a   Suh, Jin Soon ^a   Hahn, Won Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Do ^a   Lim, Joo Won ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; MDCT; Nutcracker syndrome; Orthostatic proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUTCRACKER SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY VEIN; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PAIN; PROTEINURIA; RENAL CIRCULATION; RENAL VEINS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77950343729     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1383-7     Document Type: Article

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