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Chapter-12 Radioisotope Techniques in Endocrinology and Metabolism

BOOK TITLE: Principles and Practice of Nuclear Medicine and Correlation Medical Imaging

Author
1. Lele RD
ISBN
9788184484816
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10672_12
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
26
Author Affiliations
1. Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India, Grant Medical College, and JJ Hospital, Mumbai, e-mail: lele1@vsnl.com, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Nuclear Medicine has made an immense contribution towards endocrinology. Hormonal assays using techniques like radioimmunoassay (RIA), with the recent third generation assays like IRMA have been described. Imaging applications involved adrenal medullary and cortical imaging, parathyroid imaging.

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