FDG PET for rheumatoid arthritis: basic considerations and whole-body PET/CT

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1228, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-38

  Kubota, Kazuo ^a   Ito, Kimiteru ^b   Morooka, Miyako ^a   Minamimoto, Ryogo ^a   Miyata, Yuko ^c   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^d   Takahashi, Yuko ^d   Mimori, Akio ^d  

^a Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Iwai Medical Foundation   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; Inflammation; PET; PET CT; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; INFLIXIMAB; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE DESTRUCTION; CAPILLARY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FIBROBLAST; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JOINT SWELLING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANNUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959805079     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06031.x     Document Type: Article

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