Clinical significance of thallium-201 and gallium-67 scintigraphy in pulmonary tuberculosis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-257

  Utsunomiya, Keita ^a,c   Narabayashi, Isamu ^a   Nishigaki, Hiroshi ^a   Tsujimoto, Kazuya ^b   Kariyone, Sigeo ^b   Ohnishi, Satoshi ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Keihanna Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Retention index; Thallium 201 scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GALLIUM 67; RADIOISOTOPE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0030896301     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01728760     Document Type: Article

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