Diagnostic accuracy and clinical role of combined small bowel enema and scintigraphy with pure fractions of neutrophil granulocytes labelled with HM-PAO-Tc99m in chronic inflammatory bowel disease;Accuratezza diagnostica e rilevanza clinica dell'integrazione tra enteroclisi del tenue e scintigrafia con frazioni pure di granulociti neutrofili marcati con HMPAO-Tc99m nell'infiammazione cronica intestinale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 398-404

  Celentano, Luigi ^a,d   Cirillo, Luigi Carlo ^b   D'Arienzo, Agesilao ^c   De Santis, Daniele Angelo ^a  

^a Policlin Universitario G Martino   (Italy)

^b Radiologia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease, scintigraphy with granulocytes labelled with HMPAO Tc99m; Inflammatory bowel disease, small bowel enema; Small bowel, inflammatory disease

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0030476138     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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