 Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
"Fluorodeoxyglucose F18" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The compound is given by intravenous injection to do POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY for the assessment of cerebral and myocardial glucose metabolism in various physiological or pathological states including stroke and myocardial ischemia. It is also employed for the detection of malignant tumors including those of the brain, liver, and thyroid gland. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1162)
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D019788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.254.229.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- F18, Fluorodeoxyglucose
- 18F-FDG
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F 18
- F 18, Fluorodeoxyglucose
- Fludeoxyglucose F 18
- F 18, Fludeoxyglucose
- Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose
- Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose
- 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose
- Fluorodeoxyglucose, 18F
- 18FDG
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fluorodeoxyglucose F18" by people in Profiles.
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Bodmann B, Havranek V, Kneussl M, Czernin J, Knoll P, Mirzaei S. Unexpected only pulmonary manifestation of sarcoidosis. Nuklearmedizin. 2011; 50(6):N64-5.
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Meyer JS, Nadel HR, Marina N, Womer RB, Brown KL, Eary JF, Gorlick R, Grier HE, Randall RL, Lawlor ER, Lessnick SL, Schomberg PJ, Kailo MD. Imaging guidelines for children with Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group Bone Tumor Committee. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Aug; 51(2):163-70.
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Mega MS, Dinov ID, Porter V, Chow G, Reback E, Davoodi P, O'Connor SM, Carter MF, Amezcua H, Cummings JL. Metabolic patterns associated with the clinical response to galantamine therapy: a fludeoxyglucose f 18 positron emission tomographic study. Arch Neurol. 2005 May; 62(5):721-8.
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