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Bone scintigraphy of myositis ossificans in apallic syndrome

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An apallic patient with intensive extraosseous calcification as shown by whole body bone scanning and plane radiography is presented. The role of increased osteoblastogenic alkaline phosphatase in the pathogenesis of ectopic bone formation is discussed.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Municipal Hospital, Heusnerstr. 40, D-5600, Wuppertal 2, FRG

    Zsolt Szabó & Friedrich Ritzl

  2. X-Ray Computer Center Company Ltd, 137/3 Asoke Road, Sukhumvit 21, Bangkok 11, Thailand

    Sriphojanart Chittima

  3. Department of Neurology of the Municpal Hospital, Heusnerstr. 40, D-5600, Wuppertal 2, FRG

    Georg A. Laszlo & Christian Neumann

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Szabó, Z., Ritzl, F., Chittima, S. et al. Bone scintigraphy of myositis ossificans in apallic syndrome. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 426–428 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256825

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