Hepatic bile entry into and transit pattern within the gallbladder lumen: A new quantitative cholescintigraphic technique for measurement of its concentration function

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 901-908

  Krishnamurthy, Gerbail T ^a   Krishnamurthy, Shakuntala ^a  

^a Tuality Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Cholescintigraphy; Gallbladder concentration; Gallbladder contraction; Hepatic bile flow

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; MEBROFENIN TC 99M;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

ADULT; BILE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTITIS; FASTING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0036305133     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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