High RBC labeling efficiency by controlling pretinning with the modified in vivo/in vitro labeling method

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 222-226

  Kuehne, Renate ^a,b   Reuter, Eckart ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Wenckebach Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding studies; Interfering substances; Labeling purity; Quality control; Technetium 99m labeling of red blood cells

Indexed keywords

TIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032842523     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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