Diagnostic value of [18F]-FDG PET/CT in children with fever of unknown origin or unexplained signs of inflammation

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-145

  Jasper, Niklas ^a   Däbritz, Jan ^a   Frosch, Michael ^a   Loeffler, Markus ^a,b   Weckesser, Matthias ^a   Foell, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Clemenshospital ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

18F Fluorodeoxyglucose; Children; Fever of unknown origin; Inflammation; PET; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72949114082     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1185-y     Document Type: Article

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