Can renal sonography be a reliable diagnostic tool in the assessment of chronic kidney disease?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-306

  Lucisano, Gaetano ^a   Comi, Nicolino ^a   Pelagi, Elena ^a   Cianfrone, Paola ^a   Fuiano, Laura ^a   Fuiano, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body height; Chronic kidney disease; Genitourinary ultrasound; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney length; Renal parenchymal thickness; Renal sonography

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POISONS; POLES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY LENGTH; RENAL PARENCHYMAL THICKNESS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84921754959     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.2.299     Document Type: Article

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