Clinical value of gallium-67 SPECT scintigraphy in the diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation of retroperitoneal fibrosis: A prospective study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-234

  Van Bommel, E F H ^a   Siemes, C ^a   Van Der Veer, S J ^a   Han, S H ^a   Huiskes, A W L C ^a   Hendriksz, T R ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Follow up; Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAMOXIFEN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447648223     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01805.x     Document Type: Article

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