Temporal Correlation of the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate with Tc-99m WBC Uptake on Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 905-907

  Charron, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Severity of inflammation; Tc 99m WBC

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 1442309470     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000093285.10199.78     Document Type: Article

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