Scintigraphic evaluation of Zenker's diverticulum

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1657-1664

  Valenza, Venanzio ^a   Perotti, Germano ^a   Di Giuda, Daniela ^a   Castrucci, Gioacchino ^b   Celi, Giuseppe ^c   Restaino, Gennaro ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oropharyngooesophageal scintigraphy; Zenker's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; OROPHARYNGOESOPHAGEAL SCINTIGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SWALLOWING; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0347995055     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1309-8     Document Type: Article

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