The clinical utility of FDG PET/CT among solid organ transplant recipients suspected of malignancy or infection.

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Published in Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging on November 12, 2016

Authors

Neval E Wareham1, J D Lundgren2, C Da Cunha-Bang3, F Gustafsson4, M Iversen4, H H Johannesen5, A Kjær5, A Rasmussen6, H Sengeløv3, S S Sørensen7, B M Fischer5

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health and Infectious Disease Research (CHIP), Department of Infectious Diseases, Section 2100, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. neval.ete.wareham@regionh.dk.
2: Centre for Health and Infectious Disease Research (CHIP), Department of Infectious Diseases, Section 2100, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
3: Department of Haematology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
4: Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
5: Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
6: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvek 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
7: Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

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