Early diagnosis and follow-up of aortitis with [18F]FDG PET and MRI

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 730-736

  Meller, J ^a   Strutz, F ^a   Siefker, U ^a   Scheel, A ^a   Sahlmann, C O ^a   Lehmann, K ^a   Conrad, M ^a   Vosshenrich, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Hybrid camera; MRA; MRI; 18F FDG PET

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RELIABILITY; VASCULITIS; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0037907540     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1144-y     Document Type: Article

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