Evolution of differential renal function after acute pyelonephritis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1005-1008

  Lee, B F ^a   Chiou, Y Y ^a   Chuang, C M ^b   WU, P S ^b   WU, Y C ^b   Chiu, N T ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

99mTc dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy; Acute pyelonephritis; Children; Differential renal function; Renal scarring

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036793548     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200210000-00011     Document Type: Article

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