FDG-PET imaging in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 690-691

  Win, Zarni ^a   Todd, Jonathan ^a   Al Nahhas, Adil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; F 18 FDG PET; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MONITORING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 25444526099     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000178784.58278.36     Document Type: Article

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