title: Kidney size in infants and children assessed by area measurement.
abstract: A method for assessment of the kidney size in infants and children is described based on measurement of the renal parenchymal area determined planimetrically, using for reference the height of the column of the upper three lumbar vertebrae or the body weight. The kidney size is expressed in standard deviation in the appropriate nomograms.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008722:Methods; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray