Iodine concentration by the thymus in thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1830-1831

  Vermiglio, Francesco ^b   Baudin, Eric ^b   Travagli, Jean Paul ^b   Caillou, Bernard ^b   Fragu, Philippe ^b   Ricard, Marcel ^b   Schlumberger, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

iodine 131; thymus; total body scanning

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029861756     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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