Measurement of glomerular filtration rate by the 99mTc-DTPA renogram is less precise than measured and predicted creatinine clearance

Nephron

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-140

  De Santo, Natale G ^a   Anastasio, Pietro ^b   Cirillo, Massimo ^b   Santoro, Domenico ^b   Spitali, Lucia ^b   Mansi, Luigi ^b   Celentano, Luigi ^b   Capodicasa, Dorotea ^b   Cirillo, Eleonora ^b   Del Vecchio, Enrico ^b   Pascale, Carmen ^b   Capasso, Giovanbattista ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

99mTc DTPA clearance; Creatinine clearance; Inulin clearance; Predicted creatinine clearance; Renogram

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INULIN CLEARANCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INULIN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 0032998559     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045268     Document Type: Article

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