Lung scintigraphy with nonspecific human immunoglobulin G ( 99mTc-HIG) in the evaluation of pulmonary involvement in connective tissue diseases: Correlation with pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-351

  Kostopoulos, Ch ^a   Koutsikos, J ^a   Toubanakis, C ^a   Moulopoulos, L A ^b   Mamoulakis, Ch ^a   Gialafos, E ^a   Sfikakis, P P ^c   Zerva, Ch ^a   Mavrikakis, M ^a   Leondi, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Connective tissue diseases (CTD); High resolution computed tomography (HRCT); Human polyclonal immunoglobulin G (HIG) scintigraphy; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary functional tests (PFTs)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349139461     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0599-7     Document Type: Article

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