Massive bleeding from jejunal varices in a patient with thalassemia major detected by Tc-99m red blood cell scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-459

  Bykov, Sergey ^a   Becker, Alexander ^a   Koltun, Lev ^a   Yudko, Elena ^a   Garty, Izak ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Jejunal varices; Tc 99m red blood cell scintigraphy; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD POOL SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM; LABORATORY TEST; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 19544375605     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000163377.91453.ef     Document Type: Article

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