Measurement of lymph node function from the extraction of immunoglobulin in lymph

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-115

  Fowler, J Charlotte ^a,c   Britton, Tom Bennett ^b   Provenzano, Elena ^a   Ravichandran, Duraisamy ^c   Lawrence, David ^d   Solanki, Chandra K ^a   Ballinger, James R ^a   Douglas Jones, Anthony ^c   Mortimer, Peter S ^e   Purushotham, Arnie D ^b   Peters, A Michael ^a  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dual isotope; Immunoglobulin; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN INDIUM 111; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN TECHNETIUM 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 77949835332     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365510903572040     Document Type: Article

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