Technetium-99m-MAG3 in early identification of pyelonephritis in children

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1254-1257

  Laguna, Reinaldo ^a   Silva, Frieda ^b   Orduña, Elba ^b   Conway, James J ^b   Weiss, Sue ^b   Calderon, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cortical scintigraphy; Mercaptotriacetylglycine; Pyelonephritis; Technetium 99m scintigraphy; Technetium 99m glucoheptonate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOHEPTONIC ACID; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUGAR ACIDS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031842925     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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