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Radiolabeled Leucocyte Imaging in Diffuse Granulomatous Involvement of the Meninges in Wegener's Granulomatosis: Scintigraphic Findings and Their Role in Monitoring Treatment Response to Specific Immunotherapy (Humanized Monoclonal Antilymphocyte Antibodies)
Joseph M. Murphy, Kottekkattu K. Balan, Andoni Toms, Beatriz Gomez-Anson and Martin Lockwood
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2000, 21 (8) 1460-1465;
Joseph M. Murphy
Kottekkattu K. Balan
Andoni Toms
Beatriz Gomez-Anson

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Joseph M. Murphy, Kottekkattu K. Balan, Andoni Toms, Beatriz Gomez-Anson, Martin Lockwood
Radiolabeled Leucocyte Imaging in Diffuse Granulomatous Involvement of the Meninges in Wegener's Granulomatosis: Scintigraphic Findings and Their Role in Monitoring Treatment Response to Specific Immunotherapy (Humanized Monoclonal Antilymphocyte Antibodies)
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2000, 21 (8) 1460-1465;
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Radiolabeled Leucocyte Imaging in Diffuse Granulomatous Involvement of the Meninges in Wegener's Granulomatosis: Scintigraphic Findings and Their Role in Monitoring Treatment Response to Specific Immunotherapy (Humanized Monoclonal Antilymphocyte Antibodies)
Joseph M. Murphy, Kottekkattu K. Balan, Andoni Toms, Beatriz Gomez-Anson, Martin Lockwood
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2000, 21 (8) 1460-1465;
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