Reappraisal of Tc-99m DMSA scintigraphy for follow up in children with vesicoureteral reflux

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 401-406

  Tsukamoto, Eriko ^a   Itoh, Kazuo ^b   Morita, Koichi ^b   Katoh, Chietsugu ^b   Nakada, Kunihiro ^b   Nonomura, Katsuya ^b   Kakizaki, Hidehiro ^b   Koyanagi, Tomohiko ^b   Tamaki, Nagara ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Tc 99m DMSA; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0033375743     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164934     Document Type: Article

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