Indium-111 labelled platelet scintigraphy can predict the immunological origin of fever in patients on dialysis carrying a non-functioning renal allograft

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 314-318

  Fuster, David ^a   Lomeña, Francisco ^a   Torregrosa, José V ^a   Oppenheimer, Federico ^a   Piera, Carlos ^a   Setoain, Francisco J ^a   Laterza, Carlos ^a   Herranz, Ramón ^a   Setoain, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indium 111 labelled platelet scan; Prolonged febrile syndrome; Renal graft

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDIUM 111; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0034077070     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050039     Document Type: Article

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