Scintigraphic investigations of the superficial lymphatic system: Quantitative differences between intradermal and subcutaneous injections

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-274

  Bourgeois, Pierre ^a   Leduc, Oliver ^b   Belgrado, Jean Pol ^b   Leduc, Albert ^b  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Injection; Limbedemas; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; NANOCOLL R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION SITE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149155676     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32831bec4d     Document Type: Article

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