Diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in kidney transplant patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 715-720

  Granata, Antonio ^a   Andrulli, Simeone ^b   Fiorini, Fulvio ^c   Basile, Antonio ^a   Logias, Francesco ^d   Figuera, Michele ^a   Sicurezza, Elvia ^a   Gallieni, Maurizio ^e   Fiore, Carmelo Erio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ASUL   (Italy)

^d AO S Camillo ^*  (Italy)

^e SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute pyelonephritis; cadence contrast pulse sequence; contrast enhanced ultrasound; magnetic resonance; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOLINIUM; SONOVUE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 79551473957     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq417     Document Type: Article

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