Toxic Megacolon Presenting in the Leukocyte Scan as Distended Transverse Bowel*

W. Becker; C. Pabst; W. Börner

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1629499

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Table of Contents

Nuklearmedizin 1988; 27(01): 36-37
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629499

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Toxic Megacolon Presenting in the Leukocyte Scan as Distended Transverse Bowel*

W. Becker

¹From the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. W. Börner) and the Clinic of Medicine (Director: Prof. Dr. K. Kochsiek) of the University, Würzburg, FRG

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C. Pabst

¹From the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. W. Börner) and the Clinic of Medicine (Director: Prof. Dr. K. Kochsiek) of the University, Würzburg, FRG

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W. Börner

¹From the Department of Nuclear Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. W. Börner) and the Clinic of Medicine (Director: Prof. Dr. K. Kochsiek) of the University, Würzburg, FRG

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