The role of the intrarenal resistive index in kidney transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1853-1855

  Radermacher, Jörg ^a   Haller, Hermann ^b  

^a KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROSCLEROSIS; INTRARENAL RESISTIVE INDEX; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RESISTIVE INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84887036486     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1312281     Document Type: Editorial

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