Targeting of liver tumour in rats by selective delivery of holmium-166 loaded microspheres: A biodistribution study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 743-749

  Nijsen, Frank ^a   Rook, Don ^a   Brandt, Cees ^b   Meijer, Rudy ^a   Dullens, Hub ^a   Zonnenberg, Bernard ^a   De Klerk, John ^a   Van Rijk, Peter ^a   Hennink, Wim ^c   Van het Schip, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holmium; Liver; Poly lactic acid microspheres; Radionuclide therapy; Tumour

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM; MICROSPHERE HO 166; POLYLACTIC ACID; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EXCIPIENTS; HOLMIUM; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERS; RADIOISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0035024782     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100518     Document Type: Article

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