TO THE EDITOR: In a recent report, Blue and Jackson (1) recommended a stimulated
salivary clearance of technetium 99m (99mTc) pertechnetate for separating normals and pa …

TO THE EDITOR: In their paper on salivary gland damage after high-dose radioiodine
ablation therapy, Nakada et al. discuss an interesting and practical issue (1). The authors …

TO THE EDITOR: Technetium-99m-Sucralfate hasbeen used in the detection ofgastric and
duodenal ulcers because it adheres to the site of mucosal ulceration. It forms insoluble …

TO THE EDITOR: Technetium-99m-Sucralfate hasbeen used in the detection ofgastric and
duodenal ulcers because it adheres to the site of mucosal ulceration. It forms insoluble …

TO THE EDITOR: We read with great interest the article by Lin et al.(1) about brain SPECT in
systemic lupus erythematosus. After working for the past 2 years on a similar group of …

Purpose The authors assessed the uptake of Tc-99m pertechnetate in the thyroid using
salivary gland scintigraphy in patients with Sjögren syndrome and in healthy controls …

TO THE EDITOR: Hilditch et al. have recently reported poor results using technetium-99m
pentavalent dimercapto succinic acid ([â€@ mTC (V) JDMSA) and iodine-l3l metaiodo …

TO THE EDITOR: In their paper on salivary gland damage after high-dose radioiodine
ablation therapy, Nakada et al. discuss an interesting and practical issue (1). The authors …

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the recent article by Robins et al.(1) in which they
reported biokinetic data of leukocytes labeled with stabilized 99mTc-HMPAO (exametazime) …

TO THE EDITOR: Technetiurn-99m-HMPAOis a usefulradio pharmaceutical to determine
brain death noninvasively. Scan ning can be performed even at an intensive care unit using …