@article{76bcd37bd0a444ad99b230e1f35d65e0,
title = "White blood cell scintigraphy for differentiation of infection and aseptic loosening: a retrospective study of 76 painful hip prostheses",
abstract = "Diagnosis of an infected arthroplasty is often difficult. Fever, abnormal physical findings, radiographic changes, findings at bone scintigraphy, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP, and leucocytosis are not specific enough. We evaluated the diagnostic value of white blood cell scintigraphy.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Diagnosis, Differential, False Negative Reactions, False Positive Reactions, Female, Hip Joint, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Leukocytes, Male, Middle Aged, Prosthesis Failure, Prosthesis-Related Infections, Radiopharmaceuticals, Retrospective Studies, Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime",
author = "Lene Simonsen and Anna Buhl and Thue Oersnes and Benn Duus",
year = "2007",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1080/17453670710014338",
language = "English",
volume = "78",
pages = "640--7",
journal = "Acta Orthopaedica ",
issn = "1745-3674",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis Ltd",
number = "5",
}