Tc-99m-Labeled Monoclonal Antibody Fragment Imaging in a Patient with Fever of Unknown Origin

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 981-983

  Ilias, Ioannis ^a   Bollas, Ioannis ^b   Batsakis, Christos ^a   Christakopoulou, Ioulia ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta graft; Complications; Fever of unknown origin; Technetium Tc99m radiopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SULESOMAB TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMUR; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TIBIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 1442359463     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000099809.48136.a5     Document Type: Article

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