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Shear wave elastography in chronic kidney disease: a pilot experience in native kidneys

BACKGROUND: There currently is a need for a non-invasive measure of renal fibrosis. We aim to explore whether shear wave elastography (SWE)-derived estimates of tissue stiffness may serve as a non-invasive biomarker that can distinguish normal and abnormal renal parenchymal tissue. METHODS: Particip...

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Autores principales: Samir, Anthony E., Allegretti, Andrew S., Zhu, Qingli, Dhyani, Manish, Anvari, Arash, Sullivan, Dorothy A., Trottier, Caitlin A., Dougherty, Sarah, Williams, Winfred W., Babitt, Jodie L., Wenger, Julia, Thadhani, Ravi I., Lin, Herbert Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26227484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0120-7