The Importance of Obtaining Conjugate Views on Renographic Evaluation of Large Hydronephrotic Kidneys: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Analysis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1559-1565

  Pippi Salle, João Luiz ^a,b   Cook, Anthony ^e   Papanikolaou, Frank ^a,b   Bägli, Darius ^a,b   Breen, Stephen L ^c,d   Charron, Martin ^a,b   Braga, Luis H P ^a,b   Lorenzo, Armando J ^a,b   Khoury, Antoine E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

gamma cameras; hydronephrosis; kidney; kidney function tests; swine

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATE; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDRONEPHROTIC KIDNEY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RENOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAMMA CAMERAS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY PELVIS; PROBABILITY; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 50949111514     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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