What is the value of measuring renal parenchymal thickness before renal biopsy?

Reduced renal length is widely used to diagnose chronicity in patients with renal impairment. A length of 9 cm or less measured ultrasonographically is considered to indicate irreversible disease. However, some patients with normal renal length have thin parenchyma. The aim of this study was to dete...

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Published in:	Clinical radiology Vol. 49; no. 1; p. 45
Main Authors:	Roger, S D, Beale, A M, Cattell, W R, Webb, J A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-01-1994
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Biopsy Chronic Disease Female Glomerulonephritis - pathology Humans Hypertension, Renal - pathology Kidney - diagnostic imaging Kidney - pathology Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging Kidney Diseases - pathology Male Middle Aged Nephritis, Interstitial - pathology Ultrasonography, Interventional
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