Use of Technegas as a radiopharmaceutical for the measurement of gastric emptying

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 903-906

  Kwiatek, Monika A ^a   Jones, Karen L ^a,b,c   Burch, William M ^d   Horowitz, Michael ^b   Bartholomeusz, F Dylan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Rice; Technegas

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PEPSINOGEN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECHNEGAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RICE; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH JUICE; TEST MEAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M;

EID: 0032799040     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050466     Document Type: Article

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