Enhanced liver uptake of Tc-99m-labeled RBCs during gastrointestinal bleed scintigraphy using transfused RBCs compared with autologous RBCs

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 522-523

  Wong, Kin T ^a   Beauvais, Michele M ^a   Melchior, Wayne R ^a   Snyder, Steven P ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Tc 99m labeled red blood cells; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEART; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 3242772939     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000132956.48831.14     Document Type: Article

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