The value of 99mTc-HMPAO labelled white blood cell scintigraphy in acute appendicitis patients with an equivocal clinical presentation

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 575-580

  Çolak, Taner ^a   Güngör, Frat ^a   Özuǧur, Şule ^a   Bozan, Hayri ^a   Yildiz, Akin ^a   Boz, Adil ^a   Karayalçin, Binnur ^a   Akaydin, Mustafa ^a   Melikoǧlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO; Acute appendicitis; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; LEUKOCYTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0034744255     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100504     Document Type: Article

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