Tc-99m technegas scintigraphy to evaluate the lung ventilation in patients with oral corticosteroid-dependent bronchial asthma

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 247-251

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Takahashi, Kazue ^b   Satoh, Katashi ^b   Okada, Hiroki ^b   Momoi, Atsuko ^b   Yamadori, Ichiro ^b   Ohkawa, Motoomi ^b   Takahara, Jiro ^b   Tanabe, Masatada ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Planar images; SPECT images; Steroid dependent asthma; Subepithelial fibrosis; Tc 99m Technegas; Ventilation scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TECHNEGAS; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032872897     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164900     Document Type: Article

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