Value of comprehensive renal ultrasound in children with acute urinary tract infection for assessment of renal involvement: Comparison with DMSA scintigraphy and final diagnosis

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2981-2989

  Brader, Peter ^a   Riccabona, Michael ^a   Schwarz, Thomas ^a   Seebacher, Ursula ^a   Ring, Ekkehard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHRITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 56349115759     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1081-z     Document Type: Article

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