Sonography today: Reference values in abdominal ultrasound - Aorta, inferior vena cava, kidneys;Normwerte in der Abdomensonografie - Aorta, Vena cava inferior, Niere

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-315

  Sienz, M ^a   Ignee, A ^a   Dietrich, C F ^a  

^a CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

aorta; inferior vena cava; kidney; reference values

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BREATHING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PARENCHYMA; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857852684     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: 14397803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1282004     Document Type: Review

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