Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in rheumatoid arthritis-associated lung disease in a patient with thyroid cancer

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-236

  Bakheet, Siema M B ^a   Powe, John ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

False positive results; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; PET; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISONE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; THYROID CANCER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; JOINTS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031938072     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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