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Which is the best duplex sonographic parameter to use when screening for renal artery stenosis?

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. J Riehl is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine, and VM Brandenburg is a Research Fellow, at Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.,

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Riehl, J., Brandenburg, V. Which is the best duplex sonographic parameter to use when screening for renal artery stenosis?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 414–415 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0537

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