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Can living kidney donors be evaluated accurately with the use of MRI alone?

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boxed-textEl-Diasty TA et al. (2005) Magnetic resonance imaging as a sole method for the morphological and functional evaluation of live kidney donors. BJU Int 96: 111–116

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