Technetium-99m-MAG3 scintigraphy in acute renal failure after transplantation: A marker of viability and prognosis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-478

  Tulchinsky, Mark ^a   Dietrich, Thomas J ^a   Eggli, Douglas F ^a   Yang, Harold C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Radioisotope renography; Technetium 99m mertiatide

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 0030930637     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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