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

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 320-327

  Manohar, Kuruva ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant Rai ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, Aman ^a   Kalra, Naveen ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

FDG; Fever of unknown origin; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878747005     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-013-0190-z     Document Type: Article

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