Lung clearance of aerosolized 99mTc erythromycin lactobionate in rabbits

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-293

  Durak, Hatice ^a   Ertay, Türkan ^a   Sayit, Elvan ^a   Aktoǧu, Serir ^b   Kut, Özlem ^a   Güven, Hülya ^a   Güre, Ataman ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Chest Diseases Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alveolar Macrophage; Erythromycin; Lung Imaging; Radioaerosols; Radionuclide Imaging

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; RABBIT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING;

EID: 0029934320     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-8051(95)02080-2     Document Type: Article

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