Safety and adequacy of percutaneous kidney biopsy performed by nephrology trainees

Abstract Background Recently there has been a progressive loss of specialty related skills for nephrologists. Among the skills we find the kidney biopsy that has a central role in diagnosis of renal parenchymal disease. One of the causes might be the belief that the kidney biopsy should be performed...

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Main Authors: Vittoria Esposito, Giulia Mazzon, Paola Baiardi, Massimo Torreggiani, Luca Semeraro, Davide Catucci, Marco Colucci, Alice Mariotto, Fabrizio Grosjean, Giacomo Bovio, Ciro Esposito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0796-y