Limitations of indium leukocyte imaging for the diagnosis of spine infections

Spine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 193-197

  Whalen, Joseph L ^a   Brown, Manuel L ^a   McLeod, Richard I ^a   Fitzgerald, Robert H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Indium leukocyte scan; Infection; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; DISCITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0025966690     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199116020-00018     Document Type: Article

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