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Nuclear gastro-enterology

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Abstract

The Nuclear imaging at the present time in gastro-enterology involves mainly the imaging of the liver, spleen, pancreas and to some extent, salivary glands, esophagus and stomach. The study of these organs will be discussed in detail in the following pages.

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Krishnamurthy, G.T. (1986). Nuclear gastro-enterology. In: van Rijk, P.P. (eds) Nuclear Techniques in Diagnostic Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4233-2_12

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