The utility of gallium scintigraphy in the evaluation of fever of unknown origin

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 463-466

  Habib, George S ^a,c   Masri, Rabea ^b   Ben Haim, Simona ^a,c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Gallium scintigraphy; Utility

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 4444344710     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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