Potential impact of pediatric MR urography on the imaging algorithm in patients with a functional single kidney

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 795-800

  Riccabona, Michael ^a   Ruppert Kohlmayr, Andrea ^a   Ring, Ekkehard ^a   Maier, Cornelia ^a   Lusuardi, Lukas ^b   Riccabona, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b University Hospital Graz ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL SOLITARY KIDNEY; HUMAN; IMAGING ALGORITHM; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY KIDNEY; URETER; UROGENITAL TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 4344658123     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830795     Document Type: Article

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