Low-dose oral propranolol could reduce brown adipose tissue F-18 FDG uptake in patients undergoing PET scans

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-357

  Parysow, Oscar ^a   Mollerach, Ana M ^a   Jager, Victor ^a   Racioppi, Silvina ^a   Roman, Jose San ^a   Gerbaudo, Victor H ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; F 18 FDG; Low dose propranolol; PET; Uptake reduction

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROPRANOLOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIASTINUM; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 34247485758     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000259570.69163.04     Document Type: Article

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