Power Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute childhood pyelonephritis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 987-991

  Halevy, Raphael ^a   Smolkin, Vladislav ^a   Bykov, Sergey ^a   Chervinsky, Leonid ^a   Sakran, Waheeb ^a,b   Koren, Ariel ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Dimercaptosuccinic acid scintigraphy; Power Doppler ultrasonography; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4544271482     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1529-6     Document Type: Article

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