Heritability, determinants and reference values of renal length: A family-based population study

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2899-2905

  Pruijm, Menno ^a   Ponte, Belen ^b   Ackermann, Daniel ^c   Vuistiner, Philippe ^d   Paccaud, Fred ^d   Guessous, Idris ^b,d   Ehret, Georg ^b   Eisenberger, Ute ^e   Mohaupt, Markus ^c   Burnier, Michel ^a   Martin, Pierre Yves ^b   Bochud, Murielle ^d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

General population; Heritability; Kidney volume; Renal length; Renal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884816112     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2900-4     Document Type: Article

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