Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) to detect vital retinoblastoma in the eye: Preliminary experience

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Moll, A C ^a   Hoekstra, O S ^a   Imhof, S M ^a   Comans, E F ^a   Schouten Van Meeteren, A Y N ^a   Van Der Valk, P ^a   Boers, M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography (PET); Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENUCLEATION; EXPERIENCE; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCAR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1942518816     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opge.25.1.31.29001     Document Type: Article

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