Scintigraphic findings in osteoarticular brucellosis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 639-647

  Aydin, Mehmet ^a   Fuat Yapar, A ^b   Savas, Lutfu ^b   Reyhan, Mehmet ^b   Pourbagher, Aysin ^b   Turunc, Tuba Yeter ^b   Ziya Demiroglu, Y ^b   Yologlu, Nazli Altun ^b   Aktas, Ayse ^b  

^a Division of Infectious Disease   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bone scintigraphy; Brucellosis; Sacroiliitis; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTICULAR BRUCELLOSIS; RELAPSE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 21344467477     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000167651.52724.68     Document Type: Article

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