Comparison of Three Different Diuretic Renal Scintigraphy Protocols in Patients with Dilated Upper Urinary Tracts

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 154-160

  Türkölmez, Şeyda ^a,c   Atasever, Tamer ^a   Türkölmez, Kadir ^b   Gögüs, Orhan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diuretic protocols; Diuretic renal scintigraphy; Upper urinary tract dilatation

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIURESIS; DIURETIC KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; RENOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 1542347771     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000113852.57445.23     Document Type: Article

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