Localization of upper GI bleed on delayed imaging with 99mTc tagged RBC angiogram

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 490-491

  Zaman, M U ^a   Hussain, R ^a   Sajjad, Z ^a   Ahmad, M N ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MELENA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MELENA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344256210     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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