Hospital records of 27 children with osteogenic sarcoma were reviewed in an effort to define the usefulness of skeletal scintigraphy in the initial evaluation and follow-up of their disease. Serial bone scans as well as plain radiographs, linear tomograms, and computed tomograms were evaluated for e
The present role of bone marrow scintigraphy
โ Scribed by Uwe Cremerius; Udalrich Buell
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 26 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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