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. 1987;13(5):254-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF00252603.

The use of human albumin millimicrospheres tagged with 99mTc in the evaluation of the removal capacity of the reticuloendothelial system

M Bolognesi  1 , C Merkel, A Gatta
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The use of human albumin millimicrospheres tagged with 99mTc in the evaluation of the removal capacity of the reticuloendothelial system

M Bolognesi et al. Eur J Nucl Med. 1987.

Abstract

Liver uptake kinetics of 99mTc labelled millimicrospheres of human serum albumin (MM) was studied in 16 subjects. Every subject received four doses of MM intravenously. The uptake constant decreased progressively with increasing dose. The maximum liver removal capacity, a parameter which is independent of liver blood flow, was calculated according to the method of Iio and Wagner (1963). From these data we conclude that MM are taken up by the reticuloendothelial system (RES) with saturable kinetics, and they are suitable for clinical use to evaluate RES function in man.

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