Scintigraphic evaluation of colonic transit in children with constipation using 67Ga-citrate
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colonic transit time evaluation in patients with functional constipation
introduction: functional constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal symptoms which could affect patients’ quality of life. the colonic transit time test could be used for determining functional constipation subtypes. the aim of our study was to determine the abnormalities of the subtypes of functional constipation using ctt. methods and materials: this cross-sectional study was per...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1450-1147
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_75_17