Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 808-811 , December 2009

Correlation of glioma proliferation assessed by flow cytometry with 99mTc-Tetrofosmin SPECT uptake

  • George A. Alexiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 103, Neohoropoulo, Ioannina, 455 00, Greece. Tel.: +30 26510 48795; fax: +30 6948 525134.
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  • Spyridon Tsiouris

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • George Vartholomatos

      Affiliations

    • Haematology Laboratory-Unit of Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • George Fotakopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Athanasios Papadopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Athanasios P. Kyritsis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Neurosurgical Institute, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Spyridon Voulgaris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Andreas D. Fotopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Received 19 February 2009 ,Revised 13 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 August 2009.

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☆ No other study has assessed whether 99mTc-Tetrofosmin uptake correlates with glioma proliferative activity, as assessed by flow cytometry.

PII: S0303-8467(09)00212-1

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.009

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 808-811 , December 2009

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