Is increased echogenicity related to a decrease in glomerular filtration rate? Objective measurements in pediatric solitary kidney patients - A retrospective analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Yong Seung ^a   Lee, Mi Jung ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Im, Young Jae ^a   Kim, Sang Woon ^a   Lim, Neddy Lee ^a   Han, Sang Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENAL ECHOGENICITY; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SPLEEN; ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFANT; KIDNEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTATIN C; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84942279339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133577     Document Type: Article

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