Acute cholecystitis in AIDS patients: Correlation of Tc-99m hepatobiliary scintigraphy with histopathologic laboratory findings and CD4 counts

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-228

  Cacciarelli, Armond G ^a   Naddaf, Sleiman Y ^a   El Zeftawy, Hussam A ^a   Aziz, Mohamed ^a   Omar, Walid S ^a   Kumar, Mithilesh ^a   Atay, Saadet ^a   Abujudeh, Hani ^a   Gillooley, John ^a   Abdel Dayem, Hussein M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Cholecystitis; AIDS; CD4 Count; Cholecystokinin (CCK); Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FUNGUS; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M LIDOFENIN;

EID: 0031945546     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199804000-00007     Document Type: Article

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