Selective role of nuclear medicine in evaluating the acute abdomen

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1275-1288

  Zuckier, Lionel S ^a   Freeman, Leonard M ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD15 TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; BILE LEAKAGE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0344980659     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00098-8     Document Type: Review

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