Positron emission tomography reveals extended thoracic and abdominal peri-aortitis

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-128

  Brodmann, Marianne ^a   Lipp, R W ^a   Aigner, R ^a   Pilger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FATIGUE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AORTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0141719364     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1358863x03vm472xx     Document Type: Article

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