Technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT and MRI of brain in patients with Neuro- Behcet's syndrome

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1707-1710

  Kao, Chia Hung ^a   Lan, Jung Liang ^b   Changlai, Sheng Ping ^b   Chieng, Poon Ung ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behcet's syndrome; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031664926     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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