FDG-PET finding in early-phase Takayasu arteritis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-18

  Hara, Masaki ^a   Goodman, Philip C ^a   Leder, Richard A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Positron emission computed tomography (PET); Takayasu arteritis; Vasculitis; 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; POSITRON EMISSION; POSITRON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; VASCULITIS; [18F]FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

DIAGNOSIS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032973216     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199901000-00004     Document Type: Article

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