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During the past decade the use of radionuclide imaging in the evaluation of children with disorders of the urinary tract has gained wide acceptance. The development of low radiation dose agents coupled with improvements in imaging systems has made the radionuclide study suitable for use in pediatrics.
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Harcke, H.T. (1981). Radionuclide Imaging in Pediatric Nephrology: An Update. In: Gruskin, A.B., Norman, M.E. (eds) Pediatric Nephrology. Developments in Nephrology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8319-9_47
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