FDG-PET/CT of polymyalgia rheumatica

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-336

  Kotani, Takuya ^a   Komori, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kanzaki, Yumiko ^a   Takeuchi, Tohru ^a   Wakura, Daisuke ^a   Iimori, Akio ^a   Hirano Kuwata, Suzue ^a   Makino, Shigeki ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a   Ukimura, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Hokusetsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960122988     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-010-0382-7     Document Type: Letter

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