18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT imaging of lungs in patients with cystic fibrosis

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Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1220-1228

  Klein, Martine ^a   Cohen Cymberknoh, Malena ^a   Armoni, Shoshana ^a   Shoseyov, David ^a   Chisin, Roland ^a   Orevi, Marina ^a   Freedman, Nanette ^a   Kerem, Eitan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DISEASE COURSE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449393519     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0610     Document Type: Article

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