Early documentation of therapeutic response at 6 weeks following corticosteroid therapy in extensive sarcoidosis: Promise of FDG-PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 689-690

  Basu, Sandip ^a   Asopa, Ramesh V ^a   Baghel, Nawab S ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Inflammation; Sarcoidosis; Treatment monitoring

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DOCUMENTATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 70349733410     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181b53155     Document Type: Article

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