Patent · US Expired

Imaging agent and method of use

US4584187A · kind A · utility

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3References

21Claims

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Inventors

Donald M. Wieland · Ann Arbor, US
Lawrence E. Brown · Indianapolis, US
William H. Beierwaltes · Ann Arbor, US
Jiann-long Wu · Walnut Creek, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 1981
Grant date	Apr 22, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K2123/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A new radiopharmaceutical composition for use in nuclear medicine comprises a radioiodinated meta-iodobenzylguanidine. The composition is used as an imaging agent for the heart, adrenal medulla, and tumors of the adrenal medulla and can be used for treatment of tumors of the adrenal medulla.

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