Small animal PET for the evaluation of an animal model of genital infection

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Nanni, Cristina ^a   Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Quarta, Carmelo ^a   Di Pierro, Donato ^a   Rizzello, Anna ^a   Trespidi, Silvia ^a   D'Ambrosio, Daniela ^a   Ambrosini, Valentina ^a   Donati, Manuela ^a   Aldini, Rita ^b   Zanotti Fregonara, Paolo ^c   Grassetto, Gaia ^d   Rubello, Domenico ^d   Fanti, Stefano ^a   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^d SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

68Ga Chloride; Chlamydia muridarum; Genital infection; Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CHLORIDE GA 68; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG UPTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GALLIUM; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 63349091839     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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