Assessment of renal function in patients with unilateral ureteral obstruction using whole-organ perfusion imaging with 320-detector row computed tomography.

Obstructed nephropathy is a common complication of several disease processes. Accurate evaluation of the functional status of the obstructed kidney is important to achieve a good outcome. The purpose of this study was to investigate renal cortical and medullary perfusion changes associated with unil...

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Main Authors: Xiang-Ran Cai, Qing-Chun Zhou, Juan Yu, You-Zhen Feng, Zhao-Hui Xian, Wen-Cai Yang, Xu-Kai Mo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398441?pdf=render