Can animal data predict human outcome? Problems and pitfalls of translational animal research

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1492-1496

  Martić Kehl, Marianne I ^a   Schibli, Roger ^b   Schubiger, P August ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PUBLICATION BIAS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84865650447     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2175-z     Document Type: Review

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