Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime (definition)

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Definition: A gamma-emitting radionuclide imaging agent used in the evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow and in non-invasive dynamic biodistribution studies and myocardial imaging. It has also been used to label leukocytes in the investigation of inflammatory bowel diseases.

as label, use /diag use; DF: TC HMPAO
Pharmacological Action Radiopharmaceuticals

Other names Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene amine Oxime; Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime; Tc 99m Exametazime; Oxime, Tc-99m-Hexamethylpropyleneamine; Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene-amine Oxime; Tc-99m-Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime; Tc-99m-Exametazime; Ceretec; 99mTc-HMPAO; 99m-Tc-HMPAO; Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime; Tc-99m HMPAO

Drugs* : CERETEC

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