Variation in Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetic Acid and Mercaptoacetyltriglycine Renal Scans: Clinical Implications of Interobserver and Intraobserver Differences

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1132-1137

  Snow, Brent W ^a   Gatti, John M ^a   Renschler, Todd D ^a   Corneli, Howard M ^a   Cartwright, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

radioisotope renography; reproducibility of results; technetium Tc 99m mertiatide; technetium Tc 99m pentetate

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENTETIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 39149105282     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.10.085     Document Type: Article

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