Clinical assessment of hepatic functional reserve using 99mTc DTPA galactosyl human serum albumin SPECT to prognosticate chronic hepatic diseases: Validation of the use of SPECT and a new indicator

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Onodera, Yuya ^a   Takahashi, Kazuei ^b   Togashi, Tadashi ^b   Sugai, Yukio ^b   Tamaki, Nagara ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

99mTc DTPA galactosyl human serum albumin; Hepatic functional reserve; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALACTOSE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; MACROSALB TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DTPA GALACTOSYL HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DTPA-GALACTOSYL-HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037931371     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02990020     Document Type: Article

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