Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Alejandro Sánchez-Crespo

Publications

• Research Article
  The FDG-Uptake of Adipose Tissue is Higher in Individuals with Increased Blood Glucose Levels than in Individuals with Normal Levels
  Author(s): Henry Lindholm, Per Grybäck, Alejandro Sánchez-Crespo, Fredrik Brolin and Hans JacobssonHenry Lindholm, Per Grybäck, Alejandro Sánchez-Crespo, Fredrik Brolin and Hans Jacobsson
  
  Abstract Objective: The influence of hyperglycaemia on the FDG uptake of regular adipose tissue at PET examinations was studied in clinical patients. Methods: The report constitutes a sub-study of 500 consecutive clinical examinations evaluated in retrospect. The inclusion criteria comprised examinations with a normal, or a near normal FDG distribution. Patients who had been subjected to chemotherapy or radiotherapy <4 weeks prior to the examination were excluded. Otherwise, inclusion was made irrespective of concurrent diseases and/or therapy. In the current study, a sub-group of 62 patients with increased blood glucose levels (≥ 7.0 mmole/l) was compared with another 62 patients being paired with regard to age and gender and showing blood glucose levels within normal range (≤ 6.0 mmole/l). SUVmean of the axillary fat, perirenal fat,.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000167

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