The diagnostic value of oesophageal transit scintigraphy for evaluating the severity of oesophageal complications in systemic sclerosis

BACKGROUNDOesophageal complications are common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, the ability to determine the severity of oesophageal complications according to SSc type and skin lesion has not been evaluated. METHODSThe study groups consisted of 35 patients with SSc who were classified into dif...

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Published in:	Nuclear medicine communications Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 375 - 381
Main Authors:	Nakajima, Kenichi, Kawano, Masaya, Kinuya, Keiko, Sato, Shinichi, Takehara, Kazuhiko, Tonami, Norihisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-04-2004
Subjects:	Adult Autoantibodies - blood Esophageal Diseases - diagnosis Esophageal Diseases - pathology Esophagus - diagnostic imaging Esophagus - pathology Female Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Male Middle Aged Radiography Radionuclide Imaging - methods Reproducibility of Results Scleroderma, Systemic - complications Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnosis Scleroderma, Systemic - pathology Time Factors
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