Two cases of chronic tonsillitis studied by FDG-PET

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-279

  Kawabe, Joji ^a   Okamura, Terue ^b   Shakudo, Miyuki ^b   Koyama, Koichi ^b   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^b   Sakamoto, Hirokazu ^b   Matsuda, Miki ^b   Kishimoto, Kenji ^b   Ochi, Hironobu ^b   Yamada, Ryusaku ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); Inflammation; Lymphocyte; Positron emission tomography (PET); Tonsil

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0032847459     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03164906     Document Type: Article

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