Prediction of long-term renal transplant allograft function from day 3 post-transplant Tc-99m MAG3 scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-105

  Ngai, Stanley ^a   Demetriades, Timothy ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graft function; Hilson's perfusion index; Renal transplantation; Serum creatinine; Tc 99m mercaptylacetyltriglycine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38349121351     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815f2468     Document Type: Article

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