Pericystic metabolic activity in alveolar echinococcosis: Assessment and follow-up by positron emission tomography

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1157-1163

  Reuter, S ^a   Schirrmeister, H ^a   Kratzer, W ^a   Dreweck, C ^a   Reske, S N ^a   Kern, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033512461     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313438     Document Type: Article

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