The role of labelled red blood cell scintigraphy in the detection of acute gastrointestinal bleeding

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 298-301

  Khan, Omar ^a   Singh, P ^a   Archibald, A ^a   Maharaj, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0034577197     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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