Differential uptake of O-(2-18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine, L- 3H-methionine, and 3H-deoxyglucose in brain abscesses

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2056-2062

  Salber, Dagmar ^a,b   Stoffels, Gabriele ^a,b   Pauleit, Dirk ^b,c   Oros Peusquens, Anna Maria ^b,c   Shah, Nadim Jon ^b,c   Klauth, Peter ^c   Hamacher, Kurt ^b,c   Coenen, Heinz Hubert ^b,c   Langen, Karl Josef ^b,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Autoradiography; L methyl 3H methionine; O (2 18F fluoroethyl) L tyrosine

Indexed keywords

2 FLUOROETHYL LEVO TYROSINE F 18; DEOXYGLUCOSE H 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHIONINE H 3; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRUG UPTAKE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ABSCESS; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; METHIONINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRITIUM; TYROSINE;

EID: 36849076616     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046615     Document Type: Article

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