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PET/CT in Diagnosing and Evaluating Therapy in Vasculitis

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PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation

Part of the book series: Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging ((PET/CT))

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Ths chapter discusses the value of FDG PET/CT in large vessel vasculitis. Its role in identifying large vessel vasculitis, the role of steroids, response to treatment and other relevant imaging is discussed.

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    Sandip Basu

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Wagner, T. (2018). PET/CT in Diagnosing and Evaluating Therapy in Vasculitis. In: Wagner, T., Basu, S. (eds) PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation . Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90412-2_2

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