Renal biopsy: Comparative yield of cranial versus caudal needle trajectory. An ex vivo analysis

Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-306

  Karam, Adib R ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Gopal ^a   Khan, Ashraf ^a   Ustun, Berrin ^a   Hussain, Sarwat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; complication; interventional radiology; kidney disease; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY NEEDLE CAUDAD ANGULATION; BIOPSY NEEDLE CEPHALAD ANGULATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTING NEEDLE; EX VIVO STUDY; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NEEDLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWINE;

EID: 84875753772     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nep.12038     Document Type: Article

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