Value of Ga-67 SPECT in monitoring the effects of therapy in invasive aspergillosis of the sphenoid sinus

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 938-941

  Tzen, Kai Yuan ^a,b   Yen, Tzu Chen ^a   Lin, Kun Ju ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ga 67 SPECT; Invasive Aspergillosis; Sphenoid Sinus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GALLIUM 67;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032696380     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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