The reproducibility of measurements of differential renal function in paediatric 99mTc-MAG3 renography

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 824-831

  Brink, Anita ^a,b   Šámal, Martin ^c   Mann, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

99mTc mercaptoacetyltriglycine; children; radioisotope renography; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFERENTIAL RENAL FUNCTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE;

EID: 84863427868     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32835587da     Document Type: Article

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