Brain 18 F-FDG PET reveals cortico-subcortical hypermetabolic dysfunction in juvenile neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Abstract Background In juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (j-SLE) with neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms, there is a lack of diagnostic biomarkers. Thus, we study whether PET-FDG may identify any metabolic dysfunction in j-NPSLE. Methods A total of 19 18FDG-PET exams were consecutively performed usi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2024-04-01
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Series: | EJNMMI Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-024-01088-4 |