Dissociation of 99mTc-ECD and 99mTc-HMPAO distributions in herpes simplex encephalitis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 352-355

  Tohyama, Yoshihiro ^a   Sako, Kazuhiro ^a   Daita, Go ^a   Yonemasu, Yukichi ^a   Shuke, Noriyuki ^a   Aburano, Tamio ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc d,l hexamethyl propylene amine oxime; 99mTc ethyl cysleinate dimer; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYL CYSTEINE; OXIME; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLIOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTISCANNING; SKULL IRRADIATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CYSTEINE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; GLIOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PONS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030610062     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050096     Document Type: Article

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