Technetium Tc 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy in children with acute pyelonephritis correlation with other imaging tests

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Mohkam, Masoumeh ^a   Maham, Saiid ^a   Rahmani, Afrand ^a   Naghi, Ilana ^a   Otokesh, Babak ^a   Raiati, Hamid ^a   Mohseni, Nima ^a   Shamshiri, Ahmad Reza ^a   Sharifian, Mostafa ^a   Dalirani, Reza ^a   Ghazi, Ruhollah ^a   Ahoopai, Majid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child; Pyelonephritis; Radionuclide imaging; Technetium Tc 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; SUCCIMER TC 99M; UREA;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URETHRA; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77957356005     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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