Factors affecting the quantitative liver-spleen scan in normal individuals

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Hoefs, John C ^a,d   Sheikh, Muhammad Y ^a   Guerrero, Heather ^b   Milne, Norah ^c  

^a Liver Disease Program   (United States)

^b St Luke's Texas Liver Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasting; Hepatic function; Liver volume; Liver spleen scan; Normals; Spleen volume; Sulfur colloid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLEEN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 14644418543     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1596-y     Document Type: Article

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