Congenital hyperinsulinism: [18F]DOPA PET/CT scan of a focal lesion in the head of the pancreas

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kapoor, R R ^a,b   Gilbert, C ^a,b   Mohnike, K ^c   Blankenstein, O ^d   Fuechtner, F ^d   Hussain, K ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; LEVODOPA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DOPA; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HYPERINSULINISM; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449104987     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.121178     Document Type: Article

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