Correlation of renal ultrasonographic findings with inflammatory volume from dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scans in children with acute pyelonephritis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Wang, Yu Tai ^a   Chiu, Nan Tsing ^b   Chen, Mei Ju ^d   Huang, Jeng Jong ^b   Chou, Hsin Hsu ^b   Chiou, Yuan Yow ^b,c  

^a Chi Mei Foundation Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emission computed; Kidney; Pyelonephritis; Single photon; Technetium Tc 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid; Tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 10344252848     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000148315.63223.36     Document Type: Article

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