Iodine-123 α-methyl-L-tyrosine single-photon emission tomography for the visualization of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Flamen, Patrick ^a   Bernheim, Nathalie ^a   Deron, Philippe ^a   Caveliers, Vicky ^a   Chavatte, Kris ^a   Franken, Philippe R ^a   Bossuyt, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Iodine 123 methyl L tyrosine; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; METIROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; METHYLTYROSINES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031887079     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050212     Document Type: Article

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