A role for subtraction scintigraphy in the evaluation of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the athlete

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 923-928

  Currie, Geoffrey M ^a   Towers, Philip A ^a   Wheat, Janelle M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ATHLETE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SUBTRACTION SCINTIGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 34748843589     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737100-00007     Document Type: Review

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