Lung scintigraphy in the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary thromboembolism in children with nephrotic syndrome

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 313-316

  Rai Mittal, Bhagwant ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Prasad, Vikas ^a   Singh, Baljinder ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Lung scintigraphy; Nephrotic syndrome; Pulmonary thromboembolism; Streptokinase

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENZYMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; X RAYS;

LUNG SCINTIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM; STREPTOKINASE;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TECHNETIUM 99M; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELAPSE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 24344477512     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.01.026     Document Type: Article

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