123I-MIBG SPECT of Merkel cell carcinoma

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue AUG., 1998, Pages 886-887

  Watanabe, N ^a   Shimizu, M ^a   Kageyama, M ^a   Kitagawa, K ^a   Hayasaka, S ^a   Seto, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; IODINE 123; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYELID; EYELID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYELID TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031597621     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.71.848.9828805     Document Type: Article

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