The influence of two bone agents (99Tcm-pyrophosphate and 99Tcm-methylenediphosphonate) on quantitative sacroiliac joint scintigraphy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1035-1038

  Lin, W Y ^a   Wang, S J ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; MALE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 0030451401     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199612000-00006     Document Type: Article

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