Role of iodine-131 MIBG scanning in the management of paediatric patients with neuroblastoma

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 196-200

  Shah Syed, G M ^a   Naseer, H ^b   Usmani, G N ^b   Cheema, M A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow involvement; Bone scanning; Correlative imaging; Iodine 131 MIBG imaging; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROBLASTOMA;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROBLASTOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042596900     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078315     Document Type: Article

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