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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-24
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0143-3636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1035-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Multidose use of exametazine for leukocyte labelling: a new approach using tin enhancement.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article