SLE Myocarditis Detection by Ga-67 Citrate Scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-286

  Jolles, Paul R ^a   Tatum, James L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CITRIC ACID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0029936765     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199604000-00003     Document Type: Article

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