Distribution of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) in abdominal aortic aneurysm: High accumulation in macrophages seen on PET imaging and immunohistology

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 340-341

  Defawe, Olivier Damien ^a   Hustinx, Roland ^a   Defraigne, Jean Olivier ^a   Limet, Raymond ^a   Sakalihasan, Natzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 17644394550     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000159681.24833.95     Document Type: Article

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