Gallium scanning in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: A rare case report

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 667-669

  Tsai, Shih Chuan ^a   Kuo, Tsung Huai ^a   Kuo, Chien Long ^a   Huang, Hua Tzu ^a   Lin, Wen Pei ^a   Chan, Khee Siang ^b   Wu, Hurng Sheng ^a  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ga 67 citrate; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALAISE; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CITRATES; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GALLIUM; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RARE DISEASES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 13644268710     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200410000-00022     Document Type: Article

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