Low-dose corticosteroid and gallium-67 scintigraphy and acute interstitial nephritis
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The use of gallium-67 scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis.
BACKGROUND Gallium-67 scintigraphy has been suggested as a noninvasive method to diagnose acute interstitial nephritis (AIN). However, its diagnostic performance and usefulness remain controversial. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 76 patients who underwent gallium-67 scintigraphy for a suspicion of AIN. Patients were classified based on kidney biopsy and/or clinical probabil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1319-2442
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.135184