Renal cortical thickness measured at ultrasound: Is it better than renal length as an indicator of renal function in chronic kidney disease?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Beland, Michael D ^a   Walle, Nicholas L ^a   Machan, Jason T ^a   Cronan, John J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Renal cortex; Renal failure; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955646153     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4104     Document Type: Article

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