FDG PET in the early diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 974-975

  Sanchez Roa, P ^a,b   Rees, John ^a,b   Nash, J ^b   Chander, A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS; MALAISE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; INFLAMMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84891674997     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2411-1     Document Type: Note

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