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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman Adler, Arlington, MA (US);
Leopoldo Lazaro Camin, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul Gold, Hollis, NH (US);
Assignee:
New England Nuclear Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-1 ; 2523 / ; 424-15 ;
Abstract
Radionuclide diagnostic agents, comprising technetium-99m, a reducing agent, preferably a stannous reducing agent, and certain polyhydroxycarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, i.e. glucoheptonic acid, lactobionic acid, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid and salts thereof, are highly useful, both in the study and diagnosis of kidney morphology and function, and in the diagnosis of ischemic, infarcted or diseased tissue.