Renal imaging in children with persistent hypertension.
The role that imaging plays in the evaluation of the child with hypertension depends in large part on the results of thorough historical, physical, and laboratory examinations. How aggressively one searches for an underlying renal parenchymal or renovascular disorder must be individualized in each child. An individualized approach to renal imaging in children with hypertension is presented.
Zerin
J M
JM
Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
Hernandez
R J
RJ
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography