Influence of age and gender on quantitative sacroiliac joint scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1269-1272

  Lin, Wan Yu ^a   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Sacroiliac joint scintigraphy; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HIP SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SEX FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0031842573     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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