Radiopharmaceutical method for monitoring kidneys
AssigneeG. D. Searle & Co.
InventorsPatricia Frank, Stephen Kraychy, Ernest F. Le Von
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Abstract
Complexes of technetium-99m with fructose 6-phosphate or fructose 1,6-diphosphate or salts thereof having utility as radiopharmaceutical agents for monitoring the activity of an organ, their preparation and a method employing such complexes for externally monitoring the activity of an organ are disclosed.
Claims4
A method of externally monitoring the kidneys comprising administering intravenously to a patient a solution of a complex of technetium-99m and a compound having the formula ##STR2## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R is --H or --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2, and monitoring radiographically the distribution of the complex in the patient and its clearance through the kidneys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.