Polymyalgia rheumatica detected by SPECT/CT using 99mTc-labeled monoclonal antibody Fab'-fragments

Nuklearmedizin 2017; 56(01): N1-N2
DOI: 10.3413/Nukmed-0849-16-09

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Polymyalgia rheumatica detected by SPECT/CT using ^99mTc-labeled monoclonal antibody Fab'-fragments

Anne Frölich

¹Nuklearmedizin Neumann, Nuclear Medicine Practice, Leipzig, Germany
Ilka Schwarze

²Rheumatology Practice, Leipzig, Germany
Christoph Neumann

¹Nuklearmedizin Neumann, Nuclear Medicine Practice, Leipzig, Germany

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