Single photon emission CT perfusion imaging of cerebral blood flow of early syphilis patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1051-1054

  Shi, Xin ^a   Wu, Jinchang ^a   Liu, Zengli ^a   Tang, Jun ^a   Su, Yuhua ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Computed tomography; Perfusion; Single photon emission; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYPHILIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYPHILIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0042061004     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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