Determinants and functional significance of renal parenchymal volume in adults

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Johnson, Samuel ^a   Rishi, Rahul ^a   Andone, Andreea ^a   Khawandi, Wassim ^a   Al Said, Jafar ^a   Gletsu Miller, Nana ^a   Lin, Edward ^a   Baumgarten, Deborah A ^a   O'Neill, W Charles ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 79251495139     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00030110     Document Type: Article

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