99mTc-DPD scintigraphy in transthyretin-related familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 376-379

  Puille, Max ^a   Altland, Klaus ^a   Linke, Reinhold P ^b   Steen Müller, Mary K ^a   Klett, Rigobert ^a   Steiner, Dagmar ^a   Bauer, Richard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

99mTc DPD; Amyloidosis; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

3,3 DIPHOSPHONO 1,2 PROPANODICARBOXYLIC ACID TC 99M; PREALBUMIN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,1 DIPHOSPHONOPROPANE 2,3 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; TECHNETIUM TC 99M 1,1-DIPHOSPHONOPROPANE-2,3-DICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG UPTAKE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; BIOPSY; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0036206921     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-001-0730-0     Document Type: Article

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