Results of three-phase bone scintigraphy and radiography in 20 cases of neonatal osteomyelitis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-28

  Aigner, R M ^a   Fueger, G F ^a   Ritter, G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Lkh Graz Universitatskliniken   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 0029873127     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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