Importance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of inflammatory syndromes and fever of undetermined origin;Intérêt de la tomographie par émission de positron au l8F-fluorodesoxyglucose ( 18F-FDG-TEP) pour le diagnostic des fièvres et syndromes inflammatoires prolongés d'origine indéterminée

Medecine Therapeutique

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Federici, Laure ^a   Imperiale, Alessio ^a   Blaison, Gilles ^a   Constantinesco, André ^a   Andrès, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 67749114315     PISSN: 12646520     EISSN: 19524099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/met.2008.0171     Document Type: Review

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