The usefulness of Tc-99m-MDP bone scintigraphy in detection of articular involvement of Behçet's disease

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 649-653

  Sahin, Mehmet ^a,b   Yildiz, Mustafa ^b   Tunc, Sevket Ercan ^a   Cerci, Sureyya ^b   Suslu, Harun ^b   Cure, Erkan ^b   Kutlucan, Ali ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Beh et's disease; Bone scintigraphy; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33846511683     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984675     Document Type: Article

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