Preoperative detection of sporadic parathyroid adenomas using technetium-99m-sestamibi: What role in clinical practice?

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Bradford Carter, W ^a,b   Sarfati, Mark R ^a   Fox, Kenneth A ^a   Patton, Dennis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0030984569     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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