Scintigraphic assessment of therapeutic success in aldosteronomas treated by transcatheter arterial embolization using absolute ethanol

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-241

  Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Nakabeppu, Yoshiaki ^a   Tsuchimochi, Shinsaku ^a   Miyazono, Nobuaki ^a   Inoue, Hiroki ^a   Ueno, Kazuto ^a   Nishida, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

absolute ethanol; adrenal gland; primary aldosteronism; transcatheter arterial embolization

Indexed keywords

6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; ALCOHOL; ALDOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOSTEROL; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031046370     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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