Colonic transit scintigraphy labeled activated charcoal compared with ion exchange pellets

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1807-1810

  Burton, Duane D ^a   Camilleri, Michael ^a   Mullan, Brian P ^a   Forstrom, Lee A ^a   Hung, Joseph C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Colonic transit; Scintigrapny

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; METHACRYLIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CHARCOAL; COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 0030662175     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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