The spectrum of positive scan patterns in parathyroid scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 770-774

  Siegel, Alan ^a   Mancuso, Marc ^a   Seltzer, Marc ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Parathyroid scintigraphy; Sestamibi

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34748886132     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318148b44b     Document Type: Article

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