Tracer accumulation in femoral head during early phase of bone scintigraphy after renal transplantation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1789-1794

  Kubota, T ^a   Ushijima, Y ^a   Okuyama, C ^a   Kubo, T ^a   Nishimura, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 phase bone scintigraphy; Osteonecrosis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0035659344     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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