Regional impairment of 18F-FDG uptake in the cervical spinal cord in patients with monosegmental chronic cervical myelopathy

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2925-2932

  Floeth, Frank Willi ^a,c   Stoffels, Gabriele ^b   Herdmann, Jörg ^a,c   Jansen, Paul ^b   Meyer, Wolfgang ^b   Steiger, Hans Jakob ^a   Langen, Karl Josef ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c StVinzenz Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spinal cord; Degenerative spinal stenosis; FDG PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL STENOSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78650304202     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1877-5     Document Type: Article

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