Intact versus fragmented 99mtc-monoclonal antibody imaging of infection in patients with septically loosened total knee arthroplasty

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1335-1342

  Gratz, S ^a,b   Reize, P ^b   Pfestroff, A ^a   Hoffken H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Centre Bad Cannstatt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Besilesomab; Infection; Sulesomab; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BESILESOMAB; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TC 99M; SULESOMAB TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REOPERATION; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867516542     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001204000412     Document Type: Article

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