Dose-response relationship between cumulative mercury exposure index and specific uptake ratio in the striatum on Tc-99m TRODAT SPECT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 689-693

  Lin, Chun Yi ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b,c   Hsiech, Chun Ming ^d   Ku, Ming Chou ^a   Tsai, Song Yen ^e  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^e CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dopamine transporter; mercury; SPECT; Tc 99m TRODAT

Indexed keywords

[2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; NEOSTRIATUM; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 79960248869     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181e9fa93     Document Type: Article

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