99mTc-human serum albumin scans in children with protein-losing enteropathy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-219

  Halaby, Hanaa ^a   Bakheet, Siema M ^a   Shabib, Souheil ^a   Powe, John E ^a   Mehaidib, Ali Al ^a   Nazer, Hisham ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

99mTc human serum albumin; Primary intestinal lymphangectasia; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; COLON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SMALL INTESTINE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0033621990     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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