Is technetium-99m-MIBI taken up by the normal pituitary gland? A comparison of normal pituitary glands and pituitary adenomas

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-327

  Kojima, Toyoyuki ^a   Mizumura, Sunao ^a   Kumita, Shin Ichiro ^a   Kumazaki, Tatsuo ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Pituitary gland; Technetium 99m MIBI

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GROWTH HORMONE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034799796     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02988238     Document Type: Article

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