Scintiscan demonstration of localized bowel loop inflammation: Comparison of Tc-99m dextran, Tc-99m citrate, and Tc-99m human immunoglobulin G

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 685-688

  Bhatnagar, Aseem ^a   Mishra, Pushpa ^a   Singh, Ajay Kumar ^a   Taneja, Vijay ^a   Chauhan, Uday P S ^a   Sawroop, Krishan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DEXTRAN TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

CITRATES; DEXTRANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0029828454     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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