Evaluation of whole-body modalities for diagnosis of multifocal osteonecrosis—a pilot study

Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the ability of whole-body bone scintigraphy (WB-BS) in the detection of multifocal osteonecrosis (ON) compared to whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) and to clarify the characteristics of patients with multifocal ON among those with ON o...

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Main Authors: Shunichi Yokota, Keita Sakamoto, Yukie Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Asano, Daisuke Takahashi, Kohsuke Kudo, Norimasa Iwasaki, Tomohiro Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02473-3