Diagnosis of pyogenic pelvic inflammatory diseases by 99mTc-HMPAO leucocyte scintigraphy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1774-1777

  Rachinsky, Irina ^a   Boguslavsky, Ludmila ^a   Goldstein, David ^a   Golan, Haim ^a   Pak, Isaac ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a   Lantsberg, Sophie ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO leucocyte scintigraphy; In vivo diagnostic procedure; Nuclear imaging; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONITIS; SCINTISCANNING; SEPSIS; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0033638803     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000388     Document Type: Article

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