Effectiveness of cholecystokinin-stimulated cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis and treatment of acalculous gallbladder disease

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 769-774

  Mishkind, Mark T ^a   Pruitt, Russell F ^a   Bambini, Daniel A ^a   Hakenewerth, Anne M ^a   Thomason, Michael H ^a   Zuger, James H ^a   Novick, Thomas ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Charlotte Surgical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINCALIDE;

EID: 0030800575     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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