Intracranial mass lesions: Sequential thallium and gallium scintigraphy in patients with AIDS

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 507-512

  Lee, Victor W ^a   Antonacci, Vittorio ^a   Tilak, Shripad ^a   Fuller, Jon D ^a   Cooley, Timothy P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Brain neoplasms, radionuclide studies; Brain, infarction; Brain, infection; Brain, radionuclide studies; Fluorine, radioactive; Gallium, radioactive; Lymphoma, AIDS related; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Thallium, radioactive

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; THALLIUM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033045532     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.2.r99ma37507     Document Type: Article

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