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The diagnostic efficacy of 99mTc-citrate brain scintigraphy was assessed in 22 patients with proven brain lesions. All patients were given 99mTc-DTPA and then 2 days later, 99mTc-citrate. Our results show a superior diagnostic efficacy of the 99mTc-DTPA test in detecting brain lesions both of vascular and neoplastic type, especially when the lesions have a poor blood supply.
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Castagnoli, A., Pupi, A., Guizzardi, G. et al. Brain scintigraphy with 99mTc-citrate and 99mTc-DTPA: A clinical comparison of the results. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 184–186 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443929
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443929