Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , May 2007

Pre vivo, ex vivo and in vivo evaluations of [68Ga]-EDTMP

  • Markus Mitterhauser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Hospital Pharmacy, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nuclear Medicine, AKH Wien, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 40400 1557; fax: +43 1 40400 1559.
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  • Stefan Toegel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Wadsak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Rupert R. Lanzenberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Leonhard-Key Mien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Claudia Kuntner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiopharmaceuticals, Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf 2443, Austria
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  • Thomas Wanek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiopharmaceuticals, Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf 2443, Austria
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  • Harald Eidherr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Dagmar E. Ettlinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Helmut Viernstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Rainer Kluger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Donauspital, Vienna 1220, Austria
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  • Robert Dudczak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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  • Kurt Kletter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria

Received 22 January 2007 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 3 March 2007.

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PII: S0969-8051(07)00076-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.03.002

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , May 2007

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