In nephrology, differential diagnosis or assessment of disease activity largely relies on the
analysis of glomerular filtration rate, urinary sediment, proteinuria and tissue obtained …

Kidney transplantation (KTx) represents the best available treatment for patients with end-
stage renal disease. Still, full benefits of KTx are undermined by acute rejection (AR). The …

Management of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with suspected acute rejection (AR)
ultimately relies on kidney biopsy; however, noninvasive tests predicting nonrejection would …

Kidney transplantation is the best available treatment for patients with end stage renal
disease. Despite the introduction of effective immunosuppressant drugs, episodes of acute …

Chronic renal failure caused by hypertension or by parenchymal kidney disease is a very
common global health problem. Patients with chronic renal failure have two therapeutic …

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.
Despite effective immunosuppressants, acute allograft rejections pose a major threat to graft …

In this review article, the following topics are treated: the radiopharmaceuticals 99m Tc-
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), 131 I-orthoiodohippurate (OIH), 99m Tc …

Gallium-67 imaging is useful for detecting sites of intra-abdominal inflammation, including
subphrenic abscesses, postoperative infection, pyelonephritis or perinephric abscesses …

Radionuclide scintigraphy of the renal transplant has assumed an important role in
disclosing the complications that beset this life-prolonging procedure. Renal ischemia …

The usefulness of the renal scan in diagnosing technical complications in the transplant
patient is well established. However, the ability of the renal scan to differentiate between …