Immunoscintigraphy for the detection of brain abscesses

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-316

  Sandrock, D ^a,b   Munz, D L ^a,b   Emrich, D ^a   Verheggen, R ^a   Markakis, E ^a   Helwig, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 0029920810     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199604000-00158     Document Type: Article

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