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Measurements of the Renal Blood Flow in Man with the 133Xenon Wash-Out Technique A Description of the Method

J. Ladefoged From the Department of Clinical Physiology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 299-315 | Received 16 Oct 1965, Published online: 13 May 2010

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J. Ladefoged & K. Winkler. (1970) Hemodynamics in Acute Renal Failure: The Effect of Hypotension Induced by Dihydralazine on Renal Blood Flow, Mean Circulation Time for Plasma, and Renal Vascular Volume in Patients with Acute Oliguric Renal Failure. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 26:1, pages 83-87.
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D. H. Lewis & A. Fritjofssons. (1968) Comparison of Xenon-133 Washout Curves from the Kidney with Direct Measurement of Renal Venous Outflow. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 2:1, pages 62-63.
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