Fluorine-18-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-DOPA) positron emission tomography as a tool to localize an insulinoma or β-cell hyperplasia in adult patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1237-1244

  Kauhanen, Saila ^a   Seppänen, Marko ^a   Minn, Heikki ^a   Gullichsen, Risto ^a   Salonen, Anna ^a   Alanen, Kalle ^a   Parkkola, Riitta ^a   Solin, Olof ^b   Bergman, Jörgen ^b   Sane, Timo ^c   Salmi, Jorma ^d   Välimäki, Matti ^c   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPA; FLUORINE 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 34147154971     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-1479     Document Type: Article

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