Diagnostic protocol for lymphoscintigraphy in newborn

Lymphology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-15

  Bellini, Carlo ^a   Boccardo, F ^a   Taddei, G ^b   Mazzella, M ^a   Arioni, C ^a   Villa, G ^b   Henekam, R C ^c   Serra, G ^a   Campisi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOSCINT SOLCO; MIDAZOLAM; NAMOCOOL; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 15244351037     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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