Nonspecific human immunoglobulin G for imaging infection and inflammation: What did we learn?

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-628

  De Gersem, R ^a   Jamar, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arthritis, rheumatoid; Fever of unknown origin; Immunoglobulin G; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

COLLOID TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G IN 111; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99M; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; SANDOGLOBULIN TC 99M; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CELL LABELING; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG UPTAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 79953107953     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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