Cortical scintigraphy in the evaluation of renal defects in children with vesico-ureteral reflux - Optimization of the procedure and study interpretation

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-164

  Gadzicki, Mariusz ^a   Bieńkiewicz, Małgorzata ^a   Młodkowska, Ewa ^a   Knapska, Małgorzata ^a   Kowalewska Pietrzak, Magdalena ^a   Kuśmierek, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; DMSA analogue; Interobserver variability; Kidney; Renal scar; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; UNITHIOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 12344258829     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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