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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
11
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-2-24
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pubmed:abstractText |
Reconstituted exametazime is inherently unstable due to the rapid oxidation of the small amount (7.6 micrograms) of stannous chloride present in the kit. A novel approach has been used to improve the shelf-life of reconstituted exametazime based on the premise that tin lost through oxidation should be replaced by further amounts of tin. Freshly prepared stannous solution, 0.1 ml (0.66 microgram Sn2+), was mixed with 0.3 ml (25 micrograms) exametazime solution followed by 400-500 MBq pertechnetate. Mixed leukocytes from 50 ml of patients' blood were labelled with 99Tcm-exametazime which had been prepared by the tin enhancement. One hundred and fourteen patients were investigated. The median labelling efficiency was 72%, range 30-96%. The exametazime had been reconstituted up to 5 months previously. Because of the small volumes of the exametazime solution used, up to 15 doses for leukocyte labelling could be prepared from one vial.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0143-3636
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
14
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1035-40
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:year |
1993
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Multidose use of exametazine for leukocyte labelling: a new approach using tin enhancement.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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