Renal pyramids: Focused sonography of normal and pathologic processes

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1287-1307

  Daneman, Alan ^a   Navarro, Oscar M ^a   Somers, Gino R ^a   Mohanta, Arun ^a   Jarrín, José R ^a   Traubici, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957729308     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.305095222     Document Type: Article

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