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When microcolloidal particles are injected intravenously, they are removed from the circulation by the cells of the reticuloendothelial system by phagocytosis. In the normal individual about 80% of reticuloendothelial cells are in the liver, 5–10% in the spleen and the remainder are distributed throughout the red bone marrow. The distribution of these cells in the liver and spleen is fairly homogeneous and therefore an intravenous injection of a radiolabelled microcolloid in suspension will become evenly distributed throughout these organs.
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© 1988 Raman Mistry
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Mistry, R. (1988). Liver-Spleen Studies. In: Manual of Nuclear Medicine Procedures. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3134-4_4
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