Autoimmune pancreatitis with F-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET findings

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 778-780

  Nakamoto, Yuji ^a,b   Sakahara, Harumi ^a   Higashi, Tatsuya ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a   Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a   Konishi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune Chronic Pancreatitis; F 18 Fluoro 2 deoxy D glucose; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032867323     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199910000-00009     Document Type: Article

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