A 7% decrease in the differential renal uptake of MAG3 implies a loss in renal function

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1512-1516

  Taylor, Andrew ^a,c   Manatunga, Amita ^b   Halkar, Raghuveer ^a,c   Issa, Muta M ^b,c   Shenvi, Neeta V ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CREATININE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 78649906689     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.03.066     Document Type: Article

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