I-123 uptake by intrathoracic stomach

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-

  Sathekge, M Michael ^a   Mokgoro, Neo P ^a   Mpikashe, Philisiwe ^a   Ramafi, Ouma E ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

I 123 scintigraphy; Intrathoracic stomach; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCINTIGRAPHY; STOMACH; STOMACH SURGERY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 19944363803     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200501000-00016     Document Type: Article

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