Acute Tc-99m DMSA scan for identifying dilating vesicoureteral reflux in children: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mantadakis, Elpis ^a   Vouloumanou, Evridiki K ^b   Georgantzi, Georgia G ^b   Tsalkidis, Aggelos ^a   Chatzimichael, Athanassios ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^b,c,d  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Imaging studies; Pediatric; Renal scintigraphy; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DILATING VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 79960001796     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3460     Document Type: Review

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