Thyroid uptake and scintigraphy using 99mTc pertechnetate: Standardization in normal individuals

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 45-48

  Ramos, Celso Darío ^a   Zantut Wittmann, Denise Ehgelbrecht ^a   Sá De Camargo Etchebehere, Elba Cristina ^a   Tambascia, Marcos Antonio ^a   Moreira Silva, Cleide Aparecida ^a   Camargo, Edwaldo Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Scintigraphy; Standardization; Thyroid; Uptake; 99mTc pertechnetate

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DRUG UPTAKE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0037034503     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802002000200004     Document Type: Article

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