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Epileptic Activity Increases Cerebral Amino Acid Transport Assessed by 18F-Fluoroethyl-l-Tyrosine Amino Acid PET: A Potential Brain Tumor Mimic
Markus Hutterer, Yvonne Ebner, Markus J. Riemenschneider, Antje Willuweit, Mark McCoy, Barbara Egger, Michael Schröder, Christina Wendl, Dirk Hellwig, Jirka Grosse, Karin Menhart, Martin Proescholdt, Brita Fritsch, Horst Urbach, Guenther Stockhammer, Ulrich Roelcke, Norbert Galldiks, Philipp T. Meyer, Karl-Josef Langen, Peter Hau and Eugen Trinka
Journal of Nuclear Medicine January 2017, 58 (1) 129-137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.176610
Markus Hutterer
1Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
2Wilhelm Sander-Neurooncology Unit, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
3Department of Neurology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Christian-Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Yvonne Ebner
3Department of Neurology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Christian-Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Markus J. Riemenschneider
2Wilhelm Sander-Neurooncology Unit, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
4Department of Neuropathology, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Antje Willuweit
5Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Mark McCoy
6Department of Radiology and Division of Neuroradiology, Christian-Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Barbara Egger
7Department of Nuclear Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Michael Schröder
1Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Christina Wendl
8Department of Radiology and Division of Neuroradiology, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Dirk Hellwig
9Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Jirka Grosse
9Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Karin Menhart
9Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Martin Proescholdt
2Wilhelm Sander-Neurooncology Unit, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
10Department of Neurosurgery, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Brita Fritsch
11Department of Neurology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Horst Urbach
12Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Guenther Stockhammer
13Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Ulrich Roelcke
14Department of Neurology and Brain Tumor Center, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Norbert Galldiks
5Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
15Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Philipp T. Meyer
16Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and
Karl-Josef Langen
5Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
17Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Peter Hau
1Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
2Wilhelm Sander-Neurooncology Unit, University of Regensburg Medical School, Regensburg, Germany
Eugen Trinka
3Department of Neurology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Christian-Doppler Klinik, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

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Epileptic Activity Increases Cerebral Amino Acid Transport Assessed by 18F-Fluoroethyl-l-Tyrosine Amino Acid PET: A Potential Brain Tumor Mimic
Markus Hutterer, Yvonne Ebner, Markus J. Riemenschneider, Antje Willuweit, Mark McCoy, Barbara Egger, Michael Schröder, Christina Wendl, Dirk Hellwig, Jirka Grosse, Karin Menhart, Martin Proescholdt, Brita Fritsch, Horst Urbach, Guenther Stockhammer, Ulrich Roelcke, Norbert Galldiks, Philipp T. Meyer, Karl-Josef Langen, Peter Hau, Eugen Trinka
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Jan 2017, 58 (1) 129-137; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.176610
Epileptic Activity Increases Cerebral Amino Acid Transport Assessed by 18F-Fluoroethyl-l-Tyrosine Amino Acid PET: A Potential Brain Tumor Mimic
Markus Hutterer, Yvonne Ebner, Markus J. Riemenschneider, Antje Willuweit, Mark McCoy, Barbara Egger, Michael Schröder, Christina Wendl, Dirk Hellwig, Jirka Grosse, Karin Menhart, Martin Proescholdt, Brita Fritsch, Horst Urbach, Guenther Stockhammer, Ulrich Roelcke, Norbert Galldiks, Philipp T. Meyer, Karl-Josef Langen, Peter Hau, Eugen Trinka
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Jan 2017, 58 (1) 129-137; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.176610
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