The DMSA scan in paediatric urinary tract infection

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 318-320

  Ditchfield, M R ^a,b   Nadel, H R ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Reflux nephropathy; Urinary tract infection; Vesico ureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031740783     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1998.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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