Ultrasound Fails to Delineate Significant Renal Pathology in Children With Urinary Tract Infections: A Case for Dimercapto-Succinic Acid Scintigraphy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1639-1642

  Hamoui, Nabeel ^a   Hagerty, Jennifer A ^a   Maizels, Max ^a   Yerkes, Elizabeth B ^a   Chaviano, Antonio ^a   Shore, Richard ^a   Kaplan, William E ^a   Cheng, Earl Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; radionuclide imaging; ultrasonography; ureter; vesico ureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

DIMERCAPTO SUCCINIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCCIMER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 51049087932     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.119     Document Type: Article

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