Chemicals and Drugs

Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime

A gamma-emitting RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING agent used in the evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow and in non-invasive dynamic biodistribution studies and MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING. It has also been used to label leukocytes in the investigation of INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES.

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Abstract

A gamma-emitting RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING agent used in the evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow and in non-invasive dynamic biodistribution studies and MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING. It has also been used to label leukocytes in the investigation of INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES.

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Pharmacological Action

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • 99m-Tc-HMPAO
  • 99mTc-HMPAO
  • Tc-99m HMPAO
  • Tc-99m-Exametazime
  • Tc-99m-Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime
  • Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene-amine Oxime
  • Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime
  • Tc 99m Exametazime
  • Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime
  • Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene amine Oxime
  • Ceretec

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Aspects Covered

25 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

for routine use as label, use no qualifiers

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History Note

98; see TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME (NM) 1985-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Organometallic Compounds (1985-1989)
  • Organotechnetium Compounds (1990-1997)
  • Oximes (1985-1997)

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  1. D02w.092w.570.665w.810w
  2. D02w.691w.825w.562w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019690. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019690
  2. Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium_(99mTc)_exametazime
  3. Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7692225