Role of 18F-fl uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography for therapy evaluation of patients with large-vessel vasculitis

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Bertagna, Francesco ^a   Bosio, Giovanni ^a   Caobelli, Federico ^b   Motta, Federica ^b   Biasiotto, Giorgio ^b   Giubbini, Raffaele ^b  

^a Spedali Civili di Brescia ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

PET; Therapy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954575990     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-009-0408-2     Document Type: Article

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