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Novel diagnostic procedure
The role of positron emission tomography/CT in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in children
  1. Zehra Pinar Koc1,
  2. Tansel Ansal Balcı1,
  3. Saadet Akarsu2,
  4. Kemal Unal3
  1. 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Pediatric Haematology, Fırat University Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  3. 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Training Hospital, Elazig, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Zehra Pinar Koc, zehrapinarkoc{at}gmail.com

Summary

The role of positron emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) in diagnosis and follow-up of newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy has been documented before; however, this is the first presentation of elder children with both diagnostic and follow-up PET/CT results as far as we know.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-03-2012-6001

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