The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 4 , Pages 438-442 , April 2007

Two-phase scintigraphy with technetium 99m–sestamibi in patients with hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure

  • Maria A. Muros, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avda. Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, Spain. Tel.: +34 958 020580/020110; fax: +34 958 020179.
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  • Juan Bravo Soto, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • José M. López Ruiz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • Mariano Rodríguez-Portillo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain
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  • Angel Ramírez Navarro, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • María Bellón Guardia, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • Fernando Perán, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Medicine Department, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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  • Jose M. Llamas-Elvira, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain

Received 28 March 2006 ,Revised 2 August 2006

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.08.078

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 4 , Pages 438-442 , April 2007

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