Tc-99m-HMPAO SPECT in the diagnosis of brain death in children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 711-714

  Okuyaz, Çetin ^a,c   Gücüyener, Kivilcim ^b   Karabacak, Neşe Ilgin ^b   Aydin, Kürşad ^b   Serdaroǧlu, Ayşe ^b   Cingi, Elif ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Adnan Menderes Bulv   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain death; Children; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 11844279017     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01976.x     Document Type: Article

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