Repeated bleeding scintigraphy may reveal that stationary foci of activity represent sites of active hemorrhage

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-29

  Krynyckyi, B R ^a   Zuckier, L S ^a   Tatlidil, R ^a   Chen, W T T ^a   Kim, C K ^a   Freeman, L M ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding Scintigraphy; Hemorrhage; Stationary Focus

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHROCYTES; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0036135053     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200201000-00006     Document Type: Article

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