Tc-99m dextran: A new and sensitive general purpose scintigraphic agent for diagnosing intestinal inflammation

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 424-427

  Lahoti, Deepak ^a   Bhatnagar, Aseem ^b   Singh, Ajay K ^b   Sundaraiya, Sumati ^b   Sawroop, Kishan ^b   Singh, Thakuri ^b  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Inflammation Imaging; Protein losing Enteropathy; Tc 99m Dextran; Ulcerative Colitis

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN TC 99M; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN TC 99M; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DEXTRANS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0032964533     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199906000-00010     Document Type: Article

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