Background: A pilot study was performed investigating the possibility that positron emission tomography (PET) activity using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) with nearly simultaneous computerized tomography (CT) for anatomic accuracy would identify regions of active inflammation in both ulcerative coliti
Microwave thermography as a noninvasive assessment of disease activity in inflammatory arthritis
β Scribed by A. G. Macdonald; D. V. Land; R. D. Sturrock
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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