A comparative study of lung masses with 99mTechnetium Sestamibi and pathology results

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-229

  Oskoei, Shahram Dabin ^a   Mahmoudian, Babak ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

99mTc MIBI; Lung cancer; Lung mass; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846681098     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.225.229     Document Type: Article

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