Positron emission tomography/computed tomography diagnostics by means of fluorine-18-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine in congenital hyperinsulinism

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Mohnike, Wolfgang ^a   Barthlen, Winfried ^a   Mohnike, Klaus ^a   Blankenstein, Oliver ^a  

^a Inst Pathol und Dermatohistologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital hyperinsulinism; Diffuse disease; Dopamine; Focal lesion; HD PET CT; L DOPA PET; Pancreas islet cells

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEVODOPA; PANCREATECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSISTENT HYPERINSULINEMIA HYPOGLYCEMIA OF INFANCY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650492859     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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