Detection of inflammatory lymph nodes in rabbits by 99mtc-hig lymphoscintigraphy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1177-1182

  ErgUn E L ^a   Bozkurt, M F ^a   Ercan, M T ^a   Ruacan, S ^a   Sener, B ^a   UNSAL I S ^a  

^a Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

99mTc Human immunoglobulin; Inflammation; Lymph nodes; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RABBITS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036910941     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200212000-00005     Document Type: Article

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