Positron emission tomography and uterine leiomyomas

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 593-594

  Lee, Wen Ling ^a,b   Yuan, Chiou Chung ^b,c   Wang, Peng Hui ^b,c  

^a CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36348941772     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.08.005     Document Type: Letter

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