FDG uptake in intercostal muscles is an indicator of severe respiratory disease

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 807-808

  Bural, Gonca Gul ^a   Mavi, Ayse ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Intercostal muscles; Lung; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPNEA; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA THICKENING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION INJURY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9344227896     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200412000-00010     Document Type: Article

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