Reliability of radionuclide gastroesophageal reflux studies using visual and time-activity curve analysis: inter-observer and intra-observer variation and description of minimum detectable reflux

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-428

  Caglar, M ^a   Volkan, B ^a   Alpar, R ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Gastroesophageal reflux; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 1542650087     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200304000-00012     Document Type: Article

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