FDG-PET for the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin: a Japanese multi-center study.

Kazuo Kubota,Yuji Nakamoto,Nagara Tamaki,Kakuko Kanegae,Hiroshi Fukuda,Tomohiro Kaneda,Kazuhiro Kitajima,Ukihide Tateishi,Miyako Morooka,Kimiteru Ito,Ryogo Minamimoto,Koji Murakami

FDG-PET for the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin: a Japanese multi-center study.

2011

Kazuo Kubota
Yuji Nakamoto
Nagara Tamaki
Kakuko Kanegae
Hiroshi Fukuda
Tomohiro Kaneda
Kazuhiro Kitajima
Ukihide Tateishi
Miyako Morooka
Kimiteru Ito
Ryogo Minamimoto
Koji Murakami

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO), we performed a Japanese multi-center retrospective survey.

Keywords:

Radiology
Fever of unknown origin
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Positron emission tomography
Pathology
Medicine
Nuclear medicine
retrospective survey
multi center study
clinical value

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