F-18 FDG PET/CT of polymyalgia rheumatica

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 305-306

  Toriihara, Akira ^a   Seto, Youhei ^b   Yoshida, Katsuya ^b   Umehara, Isao ^b   Nakagawa, Tassei ^b   Liu, Ren ^b   Iwamoto, Itsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Interspinal ligament; Intervertebral joint; PET CT; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; JOINT; METABOLISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67849116850     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31819e51fd     Document Type: Article

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