Elevated F-18 FDG Uptake in the Thymus in Graves' Disease

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-143

  Chen, Yen Kung ^a   Chen, Yen Ling ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graves' Disease; Positron Emission Tomography; Thymic Hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 85047694497     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RLU.0000048515.03235.AF     Document Type: Article

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