International Scientific Committee of Radionuclides in Nephrourology (ISCORN) Consensus on Renal Transit Time Measurements

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-102

  Durand, Emmanuel ^a   Blaufox, M Donald ^b   Britton, Keith E ^c   Carlsen, Ove ^d   Cosgriff, Philip ^e   Fine, Eugene ^b   Fleming, John ^f   Nimmon, Cyril ^g   Piepsz, Amy ^h   Prigent, Alain ^a   Šamal, Martin ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; INULIN; IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 123; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIURESIS; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG UPTAKE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSIT TIME; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RENOGRAPHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; UROLOGY;

EID: 37149049859     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.09.009     Document Type: Review

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