18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosis and treatment response evaluation in large vessel vasculitis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 586-587

  Karunanithi, Sellam ^a   Sharma, Punit ^a   Bal, Chandrasekhar ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AORTA; ARTERITIS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894233307     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2591-8     Document Type: Note

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