Gallium-67 lung imaging and pulmonary clearance of 99mTc-DTPA aerosol in patients with amiodarone pneumonitis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1467-1471

  Terra Filho, M ^a,b   Meneghetti, J C ^a   Cukier, A ^a   Teixeira, L R ^a   Soares Jr , J ^a   Camargo, E E ^a   Vargas, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Gallium 67 lung imaging; Pneumonitis; Pulmonary clearance; Technetium 99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID; GALLIUM 67; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 0029796201     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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