Renal Resistive Index as a Novel Indicator for Renal Complications in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice

• Main Authors: Hairong Xu (Author), Zejun Ma (Author), Shan Lu (Author), Rui Li (Author), Liangkun Lyu (Author), Lexi Ding (Author), Qiulun Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: The renal resistive index (RI) is a novel candidate as a renal injury prognostic indicator, but it remains unclear how renal RI levels correspond to renal injury in diabetic nephropathy. Methods: To examine this issue, we compared 8-week-old male C57BL/6 mice fed with high-fat diet...