Value of Inflammation Scintigraphy and Bone Scan in Differential Diagnosis of Painful Affections of Small Joints;Wertigkeit der Entzündungs- und Knochenszintigraphie in der Differentialdiagnose schmerzhafter Affektionen kleiner Gelenke

Acta Medica Austriaca

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Warchol, O ^a   Konig B ^b   Dworak, E ^b   Kohn H ^c   Dunky, A ^a   Mostbeck, A ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Nuklearmedizinischen Institut   (Austria)

^c WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Differential diagnosis of painful small joint affections; Inflammation scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MACROSALB TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINGER JOINT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0031627274     PISSN: 03038173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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