Flare response seen in therapy for osteomalacia

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2095-2097

  Akaki, Shiro ^a   Ida, Kentaro ^b   Kanazawa, Susumu ^b   Takeda, Yoshihiro ^b   Hiraki, Yoshio ^b   Endo, Toru ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flare response; Osteomalacia; Technetium 99m methylene disphosphonate bone scan

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE MATRIX; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FLARE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; TIBIA;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; PAIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0032408592     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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