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Clinical values of FDG PET in polymyositis and dermatomyositis syndromes: imaging of skeletal muscle inflammation

OBJECTIVES: [(18)F] Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), a standard tool for evaluating malignancies, can also detect inflammatory lesions. However, its usefulness in evaluating muscle lesions in polymyositis and dermatomyositis syndromes (PM/DM) has not been established. METHO...

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Autores principales: Tateyama, Maki, Fujihara, Kazuo, Misu, Tatsuro, Arai, Akira, Kaneta, Tomohiro, Aoki, Masashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25582454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006763