Tc-99m TRODAT findings in a mercury-exposed worker

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 719-720

  Lin, Chun Yi ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b   Hsiech, Chun Ming ^c   Huang, Cheng Kai ^a   Tsai, Song Yen ^d  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d Tzu Ai General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CT scan; Mercury exposure; Tc 99m 2 2 3 (4 chlorophenyl) 8 methyl 8 azabicyclo 3,2,1 oct 2 yl methyl (2 mercaptoethyl)amino ethyl amino ethanethiolato(3 ) N2,N2',S2,S2' oxo 1R (exo exo) (TRODAT)

Indexed keywords

[2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; MERCURY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M TRODAT 1; TECHNETIUM TC 99M TRODAT-1; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MERCURIALISM; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRIATE CORTEX; SYMPTOM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TROPANES;

EID: 54449083090     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318184b3f4     Document Type: Article

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