The conditions for which the geometric mean method revealed a more accurate calculation of relative renal function in 99mtc-dmsa scintigraphy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Yapar, A Fuat ^a   Aydin, Mehmet ^a   Reyhan, Mehmet ^a   Yapar, Zeynep ^a   Sukan, Aysun ^a  

^a Baskent University   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential renal function; Renal scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 13944257803     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200502000-00011     Document Type: Article

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