Normal thymic uptake of FDG on PET imaging

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 772-775

  Patel, Pratul M ^a   Alibazoglu, Haluk ^a   Ali, Amjad ^a   Fordham, Ernest ^a   LaMonica, Gregory ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029842524     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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