Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 834-837

  Kim, Y J ^a   Kim, S I ^a   Hong, K W ^a   Kang, M W ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin; Fluorodeoxyglucose; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864047306     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02828.x     Document Type: Article

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