Reagent and method for radioimaging leukocytes
US4634586A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 21, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S424/806
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Leukocytes are radioimmunoimaged by injecting patients with an immunoreactive nonleukocidal conjugate of an anti-leukocyte antibody and a gamma-emitting radioactive metal chelate, waiting for the conjugate to localize on the leukocytes, injecting the patient with an antibody to the conjugate to clear the blood of background nonlocalized conjugate, and visualizing the leukocytes by scintillation scanning.
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