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ArticleAsia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology2021

Gallium citrate-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography for localizing the foci of classic fever and inflammation of unknown origin: A retrospective study of diagnostic yield.

Seiichiro Tsuzuki, Ayumi Watanabe, Mitsunaga Iwata, Hiroshi Toyama, Teruhiko Terasawa

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Article in Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seiichiro TsuzukiDepartment of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ayumi WatanabeDepartment of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Mitsunaga IwataDepartment of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hiroshi ToyamaDepartment of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Teruhiko TerasawaDepartment of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Fujita Health University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesOnly few studies have assessed the use of gallium citrate-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (

methodsWe retrospectively assessed the medical records of 27 adult patients with FUO/IUO who had an unsuccessful diagnostic workup and who underwent

resultsAlmost all patients completed the recommended diagnostic workup, except for urine culture and abdominal ultrasonography. Moreover, prior to

conclusion

Indexed as

67Ga-SPECT/CTDiagnostic yieldFever of unknown origin Inflammation of unknown originSpontaneous remission

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PMID34250140
PMCPMC8255517
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