Technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy studies of renal cortical scarring and renal length

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1280-1285

  Rossleigh, Monica A ^a   Farnsworth, Robert H ^b   Leighton, Diane M ^b   Yong, James L C ^b   Rose, Margaret ^b   Christian, Caryl L ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pathology; Technetium 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid; Ultrasonograhpy

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0031867251     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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