Quantitative measurement of liver function: The quest for the Holy Grail?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-170

  Gholam, Pierre M ^a   Lee, Zhenghong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATECTOMY; IMINO ACIDS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS;

EID: 79851490460     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.080515     Document Type: Short Survey

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