Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 297-311 , October 2003

Acute gastrointestinal bleeding

  • Lionel S Zuckier

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Newark, NJ, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lionel S. Zuckier, MD, Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Room H-141, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07101, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0001-2998(03)00033-3

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 297-311 , October 2003

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