Dramatic change of Ga-67 citrate uptake before and after corticosteroid therapy in a case of cardiac histiocytosis (Erdheim-Chester disease)

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-869

  Kudo, Yoko ^a   Iguchi, Nobuo ^a   Sumiyoshi, Tetsuya ^a   Murai, Tatsuya ^a   Oka, Teruaki ^b  

^a SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CITRATES; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLIUM; HUMANS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845422619     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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