Can positron emission tomography work in the African tuberculosis epidemic?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-244

  Sathekge, Mike ^a   Buscombe, John Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; EPIDEMICS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952454656     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283441382     Document Type: Review

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