Pediatric Acute Pyelonephritis: Diagnosis Facilitated by Skeletal Scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 855-857

  Stauss, Jan ^a   Connolly, Leonard P ^a   Perez Rossello, Jeannette ^a   Treves, S Ted ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRACER;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PAPILLA NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY PAPILLARY NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINALYSIS;

EID: 1442284843     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000090945.98250.a4     Document Type: Article

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