Noninvasive diagnosis of gastroesophageal inflammation using dipyridamole thallium-201 tomography

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1255-1259

  De Gregorio, Barry T ^a   Fennerty, M Brian ^a   Wilson, Richard A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH EROSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032148197     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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