Evaluation of Wegener's granulomatosis using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Ito, Kimiteru ^a   Minamimoto, Ryogo ^b   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^b   Yoshida, Setsuko ^c   Morooka, Miyako ^b   Okasaki, Momoko ^b   Mimori, Akio ^b   Kubota, Kazuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kawakita General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ANCA; FDG; PET CT; Vasculitis; Wegener's granuloma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84880702062     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-012-0675-3     Document Type: Article

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