The value of Ga-67 renal SPECT in diagnosing and monitoring complete and incomplete treatment in children with acute pyelonephritis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 669-673

  Yen, Tzu Chen ^a,c   Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a   Chen, Wei Perng ^b   Lin, Ching Yuang ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute Pyelonephritis; Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; Ga 67; SPECT; Vesicoureteral Reflux

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UROGRAPHY; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0032838769     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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