Integration of PET/CT in Current Diagnostic and Response Evaluation Methods in Patients with Tuberculosis

Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-78

  Özmen, Özlem ^a   Gökçek, Atila ^a   Tatci, Ebru ^a   Biner, Inci ^a   Akkalyoncu, Behiye ^a  

^a Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

Author keywords

PET CT; Sacroiliitis; Spondylodiscitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM STANDARDIZED UPTAKE; PET-CT SCANNER; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896730624     PISSN: 18693474     EISSN: 18693482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13139-013-0236-2     Document Type: Article

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