Imaging in acute renal infection

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-79

  Kawashima, A ^a,b   Sandler, C M ^a,b   Goldman, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUCEPTATE TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0033919256     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00578.x     Document Type: Review

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