Quantitative baseline renography 48 hours after renal transplantation predicts long-term graft survival

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1677-1681

  Stevens, Henk ^a   Klerk, John M ^a   Mertens, Ilse J ^b   Rijk, Peter P ^a   Hené, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b St Maria Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delayed graft function; Graft survival; MAG3; Renal transplant; Renography

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RENOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 0034766375     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100650     Document Type: Article

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