18F-FDG PET/MR in herpes simplex virus encephalitis: A case study

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 249-250

  Schillaci, O ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, A ^a   Travascio, L ^a   Floris, R ^a   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; MULTIMODAL IMAGING;

AGED; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84903702485     PISSN: 2253654X     EISSN: 22538070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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