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Table of Content Volume 5 Issue 2 - February 2018

 



Macroscopic parameters of kidney and its clinical importance

 

T Prasuna1, Ashalatha Kasukurthy2*, Teresa Rani S3

 

1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, INDIA.

2AssociateProfessor, Department of Anatomy, RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research centre, Laxmakkapalli(V), Mulugu (M),Siddipet (DT), Telengana – 502279 INDIA.

3Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

Email: drashasekhar@gmail.com

 

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