Technetium-99m-DTPA aerosol scintigraphy in amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity in comparison with Ga-67 scintigraphy

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 477-481

  Dirlik, Aysegul ^a   Erinc, Ruya ^a   Ozcan, Zehra ^a   Atasever, Alev ^b   Bacakoglu, Feza ^b   Nalbantgil, Sanem ^b   Ozhan, Mustafa ^b   Burak, Zeynep ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Ga 67 scintigraphy; Tc 99m DTPA radioaerosol scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; GALLIUM 67; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0036865575     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02988644     Document Type: Article

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