Tc-99m HMPAO white blood cell scintigraphy in the assessment of the extent and severity of an acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-104

  Bennink, Roelof ^a,c,d   Peeters, Marc ^b   D'haens, Geert ^b   Rutgeerts, Paul ^b   Mortelmans, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Tc 99m HMPAO White Blood Cell Scintigraphy; Ulcerative Colitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOXIC MEGACOLON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0035137089     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200102000-00001     Document Type: Article

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