Cardiac and skeletal muscle scintigraphy in dermato- and polymyositis: Clinical implications

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Buchpiguel, Carlos A ^a   Roizemblatt, Sueli ^a   Pastor, Elda H ^a   Hironaka, Fausto H ^a   Cossermelli, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Gallium 67; Gated blood pool; Musculoskeletal imaging; Polymyositis dermatomyositis; Technetium 99m pyrophosphate

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GALLIUM 67; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; POLYMYOSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PYROPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0030019988     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01731845     Document Type: Article

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