Uses and limitations of renal scintigraphy in renal transplantation monitoring

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 871-879

  Heaf, J G ^a   Iversen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Renal scintigraphy; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 0033947117     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000281     Document Type: Review

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