Subclinical Sjögren’s syndrome: A significant 67gallium accumulation in the orbits and parotid glands

Pediatrics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 621-623

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Onodera, Norio ^a   Ito, Ryosuke ^a   Higuchi, Akifumi ^a   Suzuki, Yasushi ^b   Monma, Nobuhiro ^c   Waga, Shinobu ^d  

^a Iwate Prefectural Kitakami Hospital   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Morioka Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

67gallium scintigraphy; Childhood Sj gren s syndrome; Hypergammaglobulinemia; Subclinical Sj gren s syndrome

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SCINTIGRAPHY; SIALOGRAPHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; PAROTID GLAND; SCINTISCANNING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; ORBIT; PAROTID GLAND; PREDNISOLONE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0032217239     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1998.tb02003.x     Document Type: Article

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