In vivo biodistribution of an androgen receptor avid PET imaging agent 7-α-fluoro-17 α-methyl-5-α-dihydrotestosterone ([ 18F]FMDHT) in rats pretreated with cetrorelix, a GnRH antagonist

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 379-385

  Garg, Sudha ^a   Doke, Aniruddha ^a   Black, Kimberly W ^a   Garg, Pradeep K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

7 fluoro 17 methyl 5 dihydrotestosterone; Androgen receptors; F 18 FMDHT; Positron emission tomography; Prostate cancer; Tissue distribution in rats

Indexed keywords

7 ALPHA FLUORO 17 ALPHA METHYL 5 ALPHA DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE F 18; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CETRORELIX; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG SPECIFICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38349143645     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0610-3     Document Type: Article

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