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Assessment of skeletal uptake of99mTc-diphosphonate over a five day period

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A new method for the sequential monitoring of skeletal uptake of99mTc-diphosphonate over a 5-day period, utilising both a gamma camera and whole-body monitor, is presented. It has been found that diphosphonate continues to be removed from bone over this period. Normal subjects appear to lose skeletal activity initially at a more rapid rate than those with altered skeletal metabolism and it is suggested that differences in binding characteristics may exist.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

    Ignac Fogelman & William Martin

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Fogelman, I., Martin, W. Assessment of skeletal uptake of99mTc-diphosphonate over a five day period. Eur J Nucl Med 8, 489–490 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598907

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