Surgical correction of vesicoureteral reflux: 5-year follow-up with 99tcm-dmsa scintigraphy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-224

  Schiepers, C ^a   Mesotten, L ^a   Proesmans, W ^a   Vereecken, R ^a   Verbruggen, A ^a   De Roo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paedriatric urology; Reflux nephropathy; Renal scintigraphy 99Tcm DMSA; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0035103711     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200102000-00014     Document Type: Review

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