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99mtechnetium dimercaptosuccinic acid scan in evaluating patients with urinary tract infection
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Maryland Medical Journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
In clinical practice, determining which patients with urinary tract infection have upper urinary tract involvement is difficult yet important for proper management. This report indicates that the 99mtechnetium dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan is a useful test in making this determination.