Glucose consumption and methionine uptake in low-grade gliomas after iodine-125 brachytherapy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Wurker M ^a   Herholz, K ^a   Voges, J ^a   Pietrzyk, U ^a   Treuer, H ^a   Bauer, B ^a   Sturm, V ^a   Heiss, W D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Glioma; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; IODINE 125; METHIONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0029962290     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00833397     Document Type: Article

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