Dual time point 18F-FDOPA PET as a tool for characterizing brain tumors;PET de doble fase con 18F-FDOPA como instrumento para la caracterización de, tumores cerebrales

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Gonzalez Forero M ^a   Prieto, E ^a   Dominguez I ^a   Vigil, C ^a   Penuelas I ^a   Arbizu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORO 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE F18; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; GRAY MATTER; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PARKINSONISM; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952814149     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1578-200X(11)70012-2     Document Type: Article

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