Comparison of technetium-99m-MDP, technetium-99-m-WBC and technetium- 99m-HIG in musculoskeletal inflammation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 516-521

  Palermo, Franco ^a,b   Boccaletto, Franco ^a   Paolin, Adolfo ^a   Carniato, Antonio ^a   Zoli, Paolo ^a   Giusto, Fernando ^a   Turra, Sisto ^a  

^a Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunoscintigraphy; Inflammation; Leukocyte scan; Orthopedic disease; Triphasic bone scan

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0031905217     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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