Intestinal lymphangiectasia: Value of Tc-99m dextran lymphoscintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 695-696

  Yueh, Tian Chao ^a   Pui, Margaret H ^a,b   Zeng, Shi Quan ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kam Hing Building ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Enteropathy, Protein Losing; Lymphangiectasia,intestinal; Lymphoscintigraphy; Tc 99m Dextran

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN TC 99M; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; BARIUM SULFATE; COLONIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEXTRANS; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; LYMPHOGRAPHY; LYMPHOPENIA; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031473009     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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