Atypical brown fat distribution in young males demonstrated on PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 679-682

  Clarke, James R ^a   Brglevska, Silvana ^b   Lau, Eddie W F ^c   Ramdave, Shakher ^b   Hicks, Rodney J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Brown fat; False positive; PET

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE METASTASIS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 34548091542     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318126c01c     Document Type: Article

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