Consensus on diuresis renography for investigating the dilated upper urinary tract

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1872-1876

  O'Reilly, Patrick ^a   Aurell, Mattius ^b   Britton, Keith ^b   Kletter, Klaus ^b   Rosenthal, Leonard ^b   Testa, Tito ^b  

^a STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

diuresis renography; furosemide; technetium 99m MAG3

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 123; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIURESIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URETER DILATATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029967941     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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