Tc-99m HMPAO-labeled WBC scans to detect appendicitis in women

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 768-771

  Kao, C H ^a   Lin, H T ^a   Wang, Y L ^a   Wang, S J ^a   Liu, T J ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0029842523     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00003     Document Type: Article

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