Imaging strategies for vesicoureteral reflux diagnosis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 937-947

  Stefanidis, Constantinos J ^a   Siomou, Ekaterini ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Diagnostic imaging; Reflux nephropathy; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GADOLINIUM; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; META ANALYSIS; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RENOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 34247400857     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0396-8     Document Type: Article

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