Comparison of Tc-99m MDP, Tc-99m HSA and Tc-99m HIG uptake in rheumatoid arthritis and its variants

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 389-395

  Sahin, Murathan ^a   Bernay, Irem ^a   Basoglu, Tank ^a   Canturk, Ferhan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Technetium 99m albumin; Technetium 99m methylene diphosphonate; Technetium 99m polyclonal immunoglobulin G

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033375809     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164932     Document Type: Article

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