[11C]methionine positron emission tomography for the evaluation of pancreatic exocrine function in chronic pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Takasu, Atsuko ^a,b   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a,b   Shimosegawa, Eku ^a,b   Hatazawa, Jun ^a,b   Nagasaki, Yutaka ^a,b   Kimura, Kenji ^a,b   Fujita, Motokazu ^a,b   Toyota, Takayoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

11C methionine; Amino acid uptake; Chronic pancreatitis; Exocrine pancreatic function; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE C 11; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS FUNCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0034745797     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200103000-00016     Document Type: Article

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