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The prevalence of increased renal medullary echogenicity in healthy neonates was looked for. A group of 178 neonates underwent renal ultrasound on the first and second days of life. On the first day of life 58 % had hypereochoic material in their renal collecting system, whereas on the second day only 33% were found to have ultrasonographically demonstrable increased echogenicity in their kidneys. Urinary protein concentrations in infants with increased renal echogenicity were significantly higher than in those without increased renal echogenicity.
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Starinsky, R., Vardi, O., Batasch, D. et al. Increased renal medullary echogenicity in neonates. Pediatr Radiol 25 (Suppl 1), S43–S45 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03545580
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03545580