Power Doppler sonographic evaluation of acute childhood pyelonephritis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1854-1857

  Basiratnia, Mitra ^a   Noohi, Amir Hossein ^b   Lotfi, Mehrzad ^b   Alavi, Mehr Sadat ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Children; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Tc 99m DMSA renal scintigraphy; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PYELONEPHRITIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33751017378     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0262-8     Document Type: Article

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