Segmental colonic transit after oral 67Ga-citrate in healthy subjects and those with chronic idiopathic constipation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Bartholomeusz, Dylan ^a   Chatterton, Barry E ^a   Bellen, Johan C ^a   Gaffney, Robert ^a   Hunter, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonic transit studies; Idiopathic constipation; Oral 67Ga citrate; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITRATES; COLON; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; PENTETIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0033022389     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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