Increased Splenic FDG Uptake on PET in Beta-Thalassemia

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 266-267

  Wong, Choong L ^a   Fulham, Michael J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography; Spleen

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1542428355     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000117890.64990.ef     Document Type: Article

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