Incidental Findings of FDG Uptake in Dental Caries

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 610-

  Kao, Chia Hung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dental Caries; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron Emission Tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 85047690561     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200307000-00022     Document Type: Article

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