Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow in Chronic Kidney Disease Using Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Kidney International Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 36-43

  Li, Lu Ping ^a   Tan, Huan ^a   Thacker, Jon M ^b   Li, Wei ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Kohn, Orly ^c   Sprague, Stuart M ^a,c   Prasad, Pottumarthi V ^a  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; chronic kidney disease; eGFR; MRI; renal blood flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016412743     PISSN: 24680249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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