How to perform a comprehensive search for FDG-PET literature

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-97

  Mijnhout, G Sophie ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^a,c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^b   Devillé, Walter L J M ^b   Teule, Gerrit J J ^a   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic database; Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Search strategy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DATA BASE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; NOMENCLATURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0033983927     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006669     Document Type: Article

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