Evaluation of lung clearance of inhaled pertechnegas

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Fanti, S ^a   Compagnone, G ^b   Pancaldi, D ^b   Franchi, R ^a   Corbelli, C ^a   Marengo, M ^b   Onofri, C ^a   Galassi, R ^a   Levorato, M ^a   Monetti, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b S Orsola Malpighi Policlinic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

pulmonary epithelial permeability; technegas; technetium 99m diagnostic use

Indexed keywords

TECHNEGAS; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029873211     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165070     Document Type: Article

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