FDG PET findings leading to diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-88

  Bartels, S ^a   Kyavar, L ^a   Blumstein, N ^a   Gorg T ^a   Glockner S C ^b   Zimmermann, R ^a   Heckmann, J G ^a  

^a Klinikum Landshut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; FDG PET; Neurosarcoidosis; Polyradiculopathy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; UNSTEADINESS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84870563334     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.03.042     Document Type: Article

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