A prospective blinded evaluation of exercise thallium-201 SPET in patients with suspected chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 688-695

  Trease, Larissa ^a   Van Every, Bruce ^a   Bennell, Kim ^b   Brukner, Peter ^b   Rynderman, Jordi ^a   Baldey, Andrew ^a   Turlakow, Alla ^a   Kelly, Michael J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome; Diagnosis; Muscle; Sports medicine; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035013480     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100527     Document Type: Article

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