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J Endourol
April 1994
Department of Urology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
We investigated the use of bisphosphonates, analogs of pyrophosphate that bind to mineralized tissue, to image renal calculi in vivo. Twenty stone-bearing kidneys in 15 patients without urinary obstruction were studied. 99mTechnetium-methylene diphosphonate was injected intravenously followed by 20 mg of furosemide 4 hours later, and images were obtained by gamma counter for 30 minutes.
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