Power Doppler Sonography Versus Tc-99m DMSA Scintigraphy for Diagnosing Acute Pyelonephritis in Children: Are These Two Methods Comparable?

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 198-203

  Bykov, Sergey ^a   Chervinsky, Leonid ^a   Smolkin, Vladislav ^a   Halevi, Rafi ^a   Garty, Izak ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute Pyelonephritis; Power Doppler Ultrasonography; Tc 99m DMSA Renal Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037929445     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200303000-00006     Document Type: Article

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