FDG, MET or CHO? The quest for the optimal PET tracer for glioma imaging continues

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 470-471

  Gulyás, Balázs ^a   Nyáry, István ^b   Borbély, Katalin ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 3 (2 NITRO 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 2 PROPANOL F 18; 6 FLUORODOPA F 18; CHOLINE C 11; CHOLINE F 18; FLUORO ALPHA METHYLTYROSINE F18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROETHYLTYROSINE F18; FLUOROTHYMIDINE F18; METHIONINE C 11; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIOMA; GOLD STANDARD; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOTE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 51849102330     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0863     Document Type: Note

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