18F-FDG uptake in the anterior mediastinum. Physiologic thymic uptake or disease?

Clinical Positron Imaging (Netherlands)

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 115-125

  Rini, Josephine N ^a   Leonidas, John C ^a   Tomas, Maria B ^a   Chen, Bohang ^a   Karaylcin, Gungor ^a   Palestro, Christopher J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Hybrid PET; PET; Thymus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011445007     PISSN: 10950397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-0397(00)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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