A randomised controlled trial assessing the effect of oral diazepam on 18F-FDG uptake in the neck and upper chest region

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 364-368

  Sturkenboom, Marieke G G ^a,b   Hoekstra, Otto S ^a   Postema, Ernst J ^c,d   Zijlstra, Josée M ^a   Berkhof, Johannes ^a   Franssen, Eric J F ^a,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Diazepam; Neck and upper chest region; Positron emission tomography; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CLEMASTINE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOXETINE; FLUTICASONE; LISINOPRIL; MACROGOL; NADROPARIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; ONDANSETRON; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ROFECOXIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68449087593     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-009-0207-2     Document Type: Article

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