Comparison between technetium-99m hexamethylpropyleneamineoxide labeled white blood cell abdomen scan and abdominal sonography to detect appendicitis in female patients with an atypical clinical presentation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 136-139

  Cheng, Ken Sheng ^a   Shiau, Yu Chien ^b   Lin, Cheng Cheih ^a   Lee, Cheng Chun ^a   Kao, Albert ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal sonography; Appendicitis; Female; Technetium 99m hexamethylpropyleneamineoxide; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037270114     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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