Renal resistive index-a valid tool to assess renal endothelial function in humans?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1869-1874

  Raff, Ulrike ^a   Schwarz, Thomas K ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard M W ^a   Schneider, Markus P ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Nitric oxide synthase; Renal resistive index; Renal vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; INULIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE;

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID CLEARANCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RENAL CIRCULATION; RENAL PLASMA FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77953010635     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp754     Document Type: Article

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