The role of 99m-Tc HMPAO SPECT in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 454-455

  Miller, David A ^a   Vitti, Richard A ^a   Maslack, Mark M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

BIOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032231313     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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