| Literature DB >> 1336964 |
K Uno1, T Suguro, K Nohira, H Moriya, K Saegusa, Y Anzai, T Terauchi, K Sato, S Uematsu, N Arimizu.
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the use of Indium-111-labeled leukocyte (111In-WBC) imaging compared with Technetium-99m pertechnetate (99mTcO4-) imaging in 19 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 8 with osteoarthritis. Knee and wrist joints were evaluated for both radionuclides. The results indicated a good correlation of the clinical assessment of pain and swelling with joint uptake ratio (JUR) between 111In-WBC and 99mTcO4- in RA and osteoarthritis patients. We observed a discrepancy in both imagings in "burned out" cases. It was concluded that a JUR of 111In-WBC could distinguish active RA from inactive RA or osteoarthritis at a value of 1.15 and that the use of 111In-WBC was a more reliable procedure than 99mTcO4-.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1336964 DOI: 10.1007/bf03164662
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Nucl Med ISSN: 0914-7187 Impact factor: 2.668