Combination of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in assessing cardiac sarcoidosis [1]

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-237

  Ishimaru, Shinji ^a   Tsujino, Ichizo ^a   Sakaue, Shinji ^a   Oyama, Noriko ^a   Takei, Toshiki ^a   Tsukamoto, Eriko ^a   Tamaki, Nagara ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; MRI; Sarcoidosis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISOLONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOMYOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 27944490013     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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