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. 1999 Sep 4;354(9181):836-7.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)80021-X.

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography in diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

S J Skehan, R Issenman, J Mernagh, C Nahmias, K Jacobson

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography in diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

S J Skehan et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Existing techniques for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children are generally less than ideal. Positron tomography with fluorine-18-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose provides adequate information in patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease.

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