Intense muscle uptake of gallium-67 in a patient with sarcoidosis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1605-1607

  Liem, Ing Han ^a   Drent, Marjolein ^a   Antevska, Elizabeta ^a   Lamers, Robert J S ^a   Heidendal, Guido A K ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Muscular involvement; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; URATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; CITRATES; GALLIUM; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3543108325     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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