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Gastrointestinal imaging tests are a cornerstone of the gastroenterologist’s diagnostic armamentarium. Over the last decades, nuclear medicine has gained increasing importance for the assessment of the digestive system disorders.
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Dall’Oglio, L., Tambucci, R. (2017). Gastroenterology: Focus on Children with Gastrointestinal Problems. In: Garganese, M., D'Errico, G. (eds) Conventional Nuclear Medicine in Pediatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43181-9_14
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