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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2008; 14(32): 5015-5019
Published online Aug 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5015
Significance of scintigraphy for the localization of obscure gastrointestinal bleedings
Tanja Brünnler, Frank Klebl, Sascha Mundorff, Christoph Eilles, Michael Reng, Hans von Korn, Jürgen Schölmerich, Julia Langgartner, Stefan Grüne
Tanja Brünnler, Frank Klebl, Jürgen Schölmerich, Julia Langgartner, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg D-93042, Germany
Hans von Korn, Stefan Grüne, Department of Internal Medicine II, Hospital Hetzelstift, Neustadt D-67434, Germany
Sascha Mundorff, Department of Surgery, Hospital Neumarkt, Neumarkt D-92318, Germany
Christoph Eilles, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg D-93042, Germany
Michael Reng, Department of Internal Medicine Hospital Bogen, Bogen 94327, Germany
Author contributions: Klebl F, Mundorff S, Eilles C, Reng M, von Korn H, Schölmerich J, and Grüne S designed the study; Klebl F, Mundorff S, Eilles C, Reng M, von Korn H, Schölmerich J, Langgartner J, and Grüne S performed the study; Brünnler T, Mundorff S, Schölmerich J, Langgartner J, and Grüne S analyzed the data; Brünnler T and Langgartner J wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Tanja Brünnler, MD, Klinik und Poliklinik fuer Innere Medizin I, Klinikum der Universität Regensburg, Regensburg D-93042, Germany. tanja.bruennler@klinik.uni-r.de
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Received: April 5, 2008
Revised: July 13, 2008
Accepted: July 20, 2008
Published online: August 28, 2008
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