Limitations of gallium-67 SPECT in histological transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: An analysis of 13 patients with clinically suspected Richter's syndrome

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 484-487

  Cobo, Francesc ^a   Rosiñol, Laura ^a   Martínez, Antonio ^a   Martín, Francisco ^a   Esteve, Jordi ^a   Gómez, Marta ^a   Nadal, Elisabet ^a   Bosch, Francesc ^a   Setoain, Francisco Javier ^a   Campo, Elías ^a   Montserrat, Emili ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

CLL; Gallium 67 SPECT; Ki67 antigen; Richter's syndrome

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPSY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICHTER SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 18744406672     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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