Urology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 50-54 , January 2003

Objective evidence of a high prevalence of renal damage in women with type 2 diabetes by technetium-99m DMSA renal cortex scan findings

  • Hsi-Chin Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hsi-Chin Wu, M.D., Department of Urology, China Medical College Hospital, No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Shen Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Chun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Albert Kao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 18 June 2002 ,Accepted 30 August 2002.

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