Pitfalls of technetium-99m-labeled human serum albumin scintigraphy for protein-losing enteropathy

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 911-

  Hsu, Yu Juei ^a   Lin, Shih Hua ^a   Lin, Yuh Feng ^a   Yu, Fu Chiu ^a   Jaiteh, Lamin E S ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

COLONOSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LETTER; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 70349705904     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.271     Document Type: Letter

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