Evaluation of 123I-orthoiodohippurate single kidney clearance rate by renal sequential scintigraphy in a large cohort of likely normal subjects aged between 0 and 18 years

Abstract

This work represents a systematic evaluation of ERPF by a gamma camera method in a large cohort of selected likely normal paediatric subjects.

Urinary endothelin-1-like immunoreactivity excretion in Wilms’ tumor survivors

“…Median age at diagnosis was 5 (range 0. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] years. In two cases, the tumor was bilateral; hence, eight right and 11 left kidneys were affected.…”

“…Considering a patient population median age of 20 years, GFR and ERPF age-related reference values were equal to 114±24 ml/min/1.73 m 2 BSA [15] and 618±34 ml/min/1.73 m 2 BSA [14], respectively.…”

“…Single kidney clearance rate (Cl) was than determined using the method previously validated in our institution [13,14]. Briefly, it was based on time-activity curves generated from the heart and kidney areas using the region of interest (ROI) technique.…”