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Browsing Research Articles (Nuclear Medicine) by Issue Date
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Venter, Edna K.; Lange, Greta; Kruger, Christa; Meyer, Bernard J.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2002-12)
No abstract available.
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Sweers, L.; Kirberger, Robert M.; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Dormehl, I.C.; Killian, E.; Naude, F.
(South African Veterinary Association, 2008-06)
The possibility of coagulopathy in Babesia canis rossi infections in the canine patient has been suggested in the literature, but minimal work has been done to evaluate the clinicopathological nature of it in further detail. ...
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Mpikashe, P.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Meyer, B.J.
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2008-07)
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is defined as a condition in which excess protein loss into the gastrointestinal lumen is severe enough to produce hypoproteinaemia. Previously reported procedures for the detection of ...
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Kgomo, Mbo; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Ankrah, Alfred O.; Van de Wiele, Christophe
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in glucose uptake by skeletal muscle tissue and subcutaneous fat in HIV patients on HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy)
presenting with and without lipodystrophy as well as in ...
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(In House Publications, 2010)
No abstract available.
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Kgomo, Mbo; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Pottel, Hans; Van de Wiele, Christophe
(Schattauer, 2010)
The AIM: of this study is to assess the potential
impact of double-phase FDG PET versus routine
staging in HIV-negative patients suffering
from tuberculosis. PATIENTS, METHODS: 16 consecutive
patients suffering from ...
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Maes, Alex; Pottel, Hans; Stoltz, Anton Carel; Van de Wiele, Christophe
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2010-09)
OBJECTIVE: Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography
(PET) is an accurate non-invasive imaging test for differentiating
benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). We
aimed to assess its diagnostic ...
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Nyakale, Nozipho E.; Clauss, Ralf P.; Nel, Wally; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Editio Cantor Verlag (ECV), 2011)
Previous reports document transient improvements after daily zolpidem (CAS 82626-48-0) in patients with brain damage. This multi-patient study evaluates the response to zolpidem in neurologically disabled patients, using ...
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Warwick, J.M.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Elsevier, 2011-04)
Positron emission tomography (PET) with [F-18]-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) has a well
established and growing role in the management of most lymphomas. The interpretation
of FDG PET scans in HIV positive patients is however ...
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Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Buscombe, John Richard
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011-04)
Much is written about the transfer of technology from
developed to developing countries. In the area of health
care, not only the issue of poverty within the developing
countries is there but also the pattern and ...
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Mshelia, Dahiru S.; Hatutale, A.N.; Mokgoro, Neo P.; Nchabaleng, M.E.; Buscombe, John Richard; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-01)
Please read abstract in article.
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Madiba, Thandinkosi E.; Awotedu, Abolade A.; Du Plessis, Dion; Nchabeleng, Maphoshane; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Velaphi, Sithembiso C.; Volmink, Jimmy A.; Walubo, Andrew; Mayosi, Bongani M.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-01)
The Hamilton Naki Scholarship was introduced because of the shortage of qualified academic leaders in South African medical schools, especially for academic clinicians from previously disadvantaged backgrounds. There were ...
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Ankrah, Alfred O.; Buscombe, John Richard; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Clinics Cardiv, 2012-07)
BACKGROUND: Elevated plasma homocysteine level has emerged as a relatively newly recognised risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, reduction of plasma homocysteine levels in large prospective studies did ...
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Nyakale, Nozipho E.; Clauss, Ralf P.; Nel, H.W.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-10)
A 27-year-old neurologically disabled but fully conscious male
zolpidem-responder patient was investigated for blood-brain
barrier (BBB) dysfunction 5 years after a traumatic brain injury. A
baseline single-photon ...
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Zeevaart, Jan Rijn; Szucs, Zoltan; Pulker, Tamsyn A.; Sello, Thato; Bracher, Jacqueline; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Bentham Science, 2012-10-11)
Phenylacetate has been reported to have a potent anti-proliferative and anti-differentiating effect in haematological
malignancies and in solid tumours at non-toxic concentrations. This study is a preliminary investigation ...
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Jamar, Francois; Buscombe, John Richard; Chiti, Arturo; Christian, Paul E.; Delbeke, Dominique; Donohoe, Kevin J.; Israel, Ora; Martin-Comin, Josep; Signore, Alberto
(Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc., 2013-01-28)
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional
organization founded in 1954 to promote the science,
technology and practical application of nuclear ...
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Perkins, Alan C.; Mshelia, Dahiru S.; Symonds, Michael E.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2013-02)
BACKGROUND The uptake of 18F-FDG in brown adipose tissue (BAT) may have important implications in understanding the pathophysiology of BAT and obesity. Because of the thermal implications of BAT uptake of 18F-FDG, this ...
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Kruse, Vibeke; Cocquyt, Veronique; Borms, Marleen; Maes, Alex; Van de Wiele, Christophe
(Springer, 2013-02)
When confronted with a suspicious rise in CA
15.3 in asymptomatic breast cancer patients following
primary treatment and negative or equivocal conventional
imaging findings, FDG PET/CT allows assessment of the
site and ...
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Iagaru, Andrei; Mittra, Erik; Mosci, Camila; Dick, David W.; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Prakash, Vineet; Iyer, Victor; Lapa, Paula; Isidoro, Jorge; De Lima, Joao M.; Gambhir, Sanjiv Sam
(Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc., 2013-02-14)
(18)F-FDG PET/CT is used in a variety of cancers, but because of variable rates of glucose metabolism, not all cancers are reliably identified. (18)F(-) PET/CT allows for the acquisition of highly sensitive and specific ...
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Zeevaart, Jan Rijn; Wagener, Judith; Marjanovic-Painter, Biljana; Sathekge, Mike Machaba; Soni, Nischal; Zinn, Christa; Perkins, Gary; Smith, Suzanne
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-07)
Platinum agents continue to be the main chemotherapeutic agents used in the first-line and second-line treatments of cancer patients. It is important to fully understand the biological profile of these compounds in order ...