Characterization and Predictive Value of Near Infrared 2-Deoxyglucose Optical Imaging in Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

BACKGROUND:Studying the uptake of 2-deoxy glucose (2-DG) analogs such as 2-Deoxy-2-[18F] fluoroglucose (FDG) is a common approach to identify and monitor malignancies and more recently chronic inflammation. While pancreatitis is a common cause for false positive results in human studies on pancreati...

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Main Authors: Cristiane de Oliveira, Krutika Patel, Vivek Mishra, Ram N Trivedi, Pawan Noel, Abhilasha Singh, Jordan R Yaron, Vijay P Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4765766?pdf=render