PET-CT in pediatric Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Kaste, Sue C ^a,b   Rodriguez Galindo, Carlos ^a   McCarville, Mary E ^a,b   Shulkin, Barry L ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Eosinophilic granulomatosis; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

6 MERCAPTOPURINE DERIVATIVE; CLADRIBINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250644352     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0467-4     Document Type: Article

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