Unilateral brown fat on [18F]-FDG PET/CT in the follow-up of a pleural mesothelioma;Détection unilatérale de graisse brune en [18F]-FDG TEP/TDM dans le suivi d'un mésothéliome pleural

Medecine Nucleaire

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 674-676

  De Waele, A ^a   Nafteux, P ^a   Nackaerts, K ^a   Deroose, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PEMETREXED; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; METASTASIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349786494     PISSN: 09281258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mednuc.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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