Delivery of radiolabelled blood cells to lymphatic vessels by intradermal injection: A means of investigating lymphovenous communications in the upper limb

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-127

  O'Mahony, Susan ^a   Britton, Tom Bennett ^a   Ballinger, James R ^a   Solanki, Chandra K ^a   Barber, Robert W ^a   Mortimer, Peter S ^b   Purushotham, Arnie D ^a   Peters, A Michael ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer related lymphoedema; Labelled erythrocytes; Lymphoscintigraphy; Lymphovenous communications

Indexed keywords

AMERTEC; INDIUM 111; INDIUM CHLORIDE IN 111; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; STANNOUS AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LABELING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; MACROMOLECULE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

BLOOD CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PLASMA; TECHNETIUM; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 75149162945     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328330dd14     Document Type: Article

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