Impact of bone scintigraphy on the clinical management of a patient with sickle cell anemia and recent chest pain

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 523-526

  Sisayan, Raquel ^a   Elgazzar, Abdelhamid H ^a   Webner, Peter J ^a   Religioso, Deo Galeon ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; RIB; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE AND BONES; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; RIBS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0029900763     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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