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Guidelines for radioiodinated MIBG scintigraphy in children

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These guidelines on the use of radioiodinated 99mTc-MIBG scintigraphy in children, which summarise the views of the Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, provide a framework which may prove helpful to nuclear medicine teams in daily practice. They have been influenced by the conclusions of the "Consensus Guidelines for MIBG Scintigraphy" (Paris, November 6, 1997) of the European Neuroblastoma Group and by those of the Oncological Committee of the French Society of Nuclear Medicine. The guidelines should be taken in the context of "good practice" and any local/national rules which apply to nuclear medicine examinations.

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The authors thank Dr. C.A. Hoefnagel, Dr. J. Lumbroso and Dr. S. Meller for their valuable advice.

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  1. CHU Nancy, France

    Pierre Olivier

  2. Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisboa, Portugal

    Paula Colarinha

  3. University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Jure Fettich

  4. Department for Nuclear Medicine, University of Munich, Germany

    Sibylle Fischer, Klaus Hahn & Ute Porn

  5. Aarhus University Hospital–Skejby, Denmark

    Jörgen Frökier

  6. Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

    Francesco Giammarile

  7. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Isky Gordon

  8. Cerraphasa Tip Fakultesi, Nukleer Tip Ana Bilim Dali, Aksaray, Turkey

    Levent Kabasakal

  9. Institute of Child Health, Rondebosh, Red Cross Hospital, Capetown, South Africa

    Mike Mann

  10. Hospital Universitário de Getafe, Madrid, Spain

    Mercedes Mitjavila

  11. AZ VUB and CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

    Amy Piepsz

  12. The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

    Rune Sixt

  13. Liaison person, ARPES

    Jeannette van Velzen

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Olivier, P., Colarinha, P., Fettich, J. et al. Guidelines for radioiodinated MIBG scintigraphy in children. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30, B45–B50 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1138-9

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