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SPECT/CT imaging in 99mTc-HSA-DTPA gastrointestinal bleeding scintigraphy to localize bleeding sites

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    Yuka Yamamoto & Yoshihiro Nishiyama

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Yamamoto, Y., Nishiyama, Y. SPECT/CT imaging in 99mTc-HSA-DTPA gastrointestinal bleeding scintigraphy to localize bleeding sites. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39, 1824–1825 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-012-2241-6

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