Hepatic extraction efficiency of technetium-99m-mebrofenin in the dog with toxic-induced acute liver disease.
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| Abstract | :
Extraction of the hepatobiliary radiopharmaceutical 99mTc-N-(3-bromo-2,4,6-trimethyacetanilide) iminodiacetic acid (mebrofenin; Choletec, Squibb Diagnostic, Princeton, NJ) by the liver may be used as an index of hepatocellular function. The hepatic parenchymal cells extract mebrofenin from the blood using the same active transport mechanism as bilirubin. |
| Year of Publication | :
1998
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| Journal | :
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
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| Volume | :
39
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| Issue | :
7
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| Number of Pages | :
1286-92
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| ISSN Number | :
0161-5505
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| URL | :
http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=9669412
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| Short Title | :
J Nucl Med
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