99mTc-sestamibi thyroid uptake in euthyroid individuals and in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 702-707

  Santos, Allan O ^a,b   Zantut Wittmann, D E ^a   Nogueira, R O ^a   Etchebehere, E C S C ^a   Lima, M C L ^a   Tambascia, M A ^a   Camargo, E E ^a   Ramos, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

99mTc sestamibi; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Scintigraphy; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 21244437455     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1728-1     Document Type: Article

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