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Emerging phenotypes of sarcoidosis based on 18F-FDG PET/CT: a hierarchical cluster analysis.
Expert review of respiratory medicine - 1 Feb 2020
Papiris Spyros A, Georgakopoulos Alexandros, Papaioannou Andriana I, Pianou Nikoletta, Kallergi Maria, Kelekis Nikolaos L, Gialafos Helias, Manali Effrosyni D, Chatziioannou Sofia
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Objectives: In sarcoidosis, the definition of organ involvement with traditional means appears laborious and somewhat controversial, and phenotyping by the above overlapping. 18F-FDG PET/CT defines disease extent by activity more precisely, and may result in a better understanding of sarcoidosis disease behavior and phenotypes expression. We hypothesized that 18F-FDG PET/CT could add in the phenotyping of...
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