How accurate is dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy for the diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis? A meta-analysis of experimental studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 986-993

  Craig, Jonathan C ^a   Wheeler, Danielle M ^b   Irwig, Les ^b   Howman Giles, Robert B ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dimercaptosuccinic acid; Pyelonephritis; Sensitivity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RAT; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034084264     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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