Increased bone marrow uptake of Ga-67 in patients with fever of unknown origin

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 786-791

  Flores II, Leo G ^a   Jinnouchi, Seishi ^a   Nagamachi, Shigeki ^a   Ohnishi, Takashi ^a   Futami, Shigemi ^a   Watanabe, Katsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029836722     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00008     Document Type: Article

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