Biomaterial Database

Procedures of choice in renal nuclear medicine. 1991

M D Blaufox

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10461.

The uronephrologic applications of nuclear medicine have reached a stage of maturity where procedures of choice for many specific clinical problems can be identified. This review attempts to achieve this aim as objectively as possible. It must be emphasized that the opinions expressed here are those of the author and in many areas there may be a lack of consensus.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007668	Kidney	Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.	Kidneys
D007674	Kidney Diseases	Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues.	Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D011866	Radioisotope Renography	Graphic tracing over a time period of radioactivity measured externally over the kidneys following intravenous injection of a radionuclide which is taken up and excreted by the kidneys.	Renography,Radioisotope Renographies,Renographies,Renographies, Radioisotope,Renography, Radioisotope
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man