99mtc-dextran scintigraphy to detect disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-601

  Kaya, Meryem ^a   Tuna, Hakan ^a   Fatih Firat, Mehmet ^a   Tuna, Filiz ^a   Seren, Gülay ^a   Necmi Yigitbasi, Ömer ^a  

^a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

99mTc dextran scintigraphy; Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2542620522     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000126632.32413.2e     Document Type: Article

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