Evaluation of dilated upper renal tracts by technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine F+0 diuresis renography in infants and children

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 681-687

  Tripathi, Madhavi ^a,b   Chandrashekar, Narayana ^a   Phom, Hentok ^a   Gupta, Devender Kumar ^a   Bajpai, Minu ^a   Bal, Chandrashekhar ^a   Malhotra, Arun ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Diuresis renography; F+0; Pelviureteric junction obstruction; Tc 99m EC

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; FUROSEMIDE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIURESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY KIDNEY;

EID: 13444252574     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985962     Document Type: Article

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