99m Tc-MIBI Whole Body Scan: A Potentially Useful Technique for Evaluating Metabolic Bone Disease

Metabolic bone disease due to hyperparathyroidism is characterized by increased bone resorption and new bone formation. 99m Tc- hexakis-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile ( 99m Tc MIBI) accumulation is controlled by metabolic function and cell viability. To investigate, for the first time, the potential of...

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Main Authors: A M Al-Shammari, A H Elgazzar, Rasha A Ashkanani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.wjnm.org/article.asp?issn=1450-1147;year=2013;volume=12;issue=1;spage=8;epage=13;aulast=Al-Shammari