The importance of 99m-Tc DMSA renal scintigraphy in evaluation of renal lesions in children with acute pyelonephritis

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-404

  Ataei, Neamatollah ^a,b   Safaian, B ^a   Madani, A ^a   Esfahani, S T ^a   Ataei, F ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan; Ultrasonography; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 57349122292     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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