Tc-99m Exametazime-Labeled Leukocyte Scans in the Study of Infections in Skull Neurosurgery

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 971-974

  Liberatore, Mauro ^a,b   Drudi, Francesco Maria ^a   Tarantino, Roberto ^a   Prosperi, Daniela ^a   Fiore, Vittorio ^a   Missori, Paolo ^a   Venditti, Mario ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imaging; Infections; Skull neurosurgery; Tc 99m HMPAO WBC

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHUNT INFECTION; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKULL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 1442286012     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000100102.90939.16     Document Type: Article

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