Unusual patterns of I-131 contamination

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Ozguven, Mehmet ^a   Ilgan, Seyfettin ^a   Arslan, Nuri ^a   Karacalioglu, A Ozgur ^a   Yuksel, Dogangun ^a   Dundar, Sabri ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contamination; I 131 scanning; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEWING GUM; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAIR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOIODINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 3142619304     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985010     Document Type: Article

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