Gallium-67 Citrate Imaging before and after Treatment of Acute Q Fever

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 998-999

  Lee, Jong Kang ^a  

^a Chung Shan University Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gallium scan; Myocarditis; Q fever

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KNEE DISEASE; MASTITIS; MYALGIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NEPHRITIS; Q FEVER; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM;

CITRATES; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLIUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 1442286005     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000099816.32114.9c     Document Type: Article

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