Lymphoscintigraphy in chyluria, chyloperitoneum and chylothorax

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1292-1296

  Pui, Margaret H ^a,b   Yueh, Tian Chao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chyloperitoneum; Chylothorax; Chyluria; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CHYLURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; ANTIMONY; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CHYLOUS ASCITES; COLLOIDS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; URINE;

EID: 0031814276     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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