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. 1983 May-Jun;4(3):533-5.

Glycolytic rate (PET) and contrast enhancement (CT) in human cerebral gliomas.

N J Patronas, R A Brooks, R L DeLaPaz, B H Smith, P L Kornblith, G Di Chiro
PMCID: PMC8335019  PMID: 6410790

Abstract

A comparison of the glycolytic rate as determined by positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-deoxyglucose (FDG) and cerebral contrast computed tomography (CT) was carried out in 72 cases of cerebral glioma. FDG-PET is more accurate than contrast CT in predicting tumor grade.

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