Radiation synovectomy using Re-tin colloid improves knee synovitis as shown by MRI in refractory rheumatoid arthritis

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Shin, Kichul ^a   Lee, Jung Chan ^a   Choi, Hyo Jin ^a   Jeong, Jae Min ^a   Son, Miwon ^a   Lee, Yun Jong ^b   Lee, Eun Bong ^b   Hong, Sung Hwan ^b   Song, Yeong Wook ^b  

^a Nuclear Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dong A Pharmaceutical Company   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiation synovectomy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RHENIUM 188; STEROID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSURIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOACTIVITY; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RHENIUM; SYNOVITIS; TIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247600212     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32805b72b0     Document Type: Article

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