Radionuclide imaging of musculoskeletal infection

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue SPECIALISSUE, 2007, Pages 15-27

  Palestro, Christopher J ^a,b   Love, Charito ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; FDG PET; Gallium; Labeled leukocytes; Musculoskeletal infection; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449519580     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000600003     Document Type: Article

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