title: Fluorine-18 L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography: improving surgery and outcome in focal hyperinsulinism. Commentary to Mohnike et al.: Proposal for a standardized protocol for F-DOPA-PET (PET/CT) in congenital hyperinsulinism (Horm Res 2006;66:40-42).
authors.affiliation: Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. j.p.h.shield@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julian P H
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shield
mesh_terms: D044903:Congenital Hyperinsulinism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007980:Levodopa; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D007980:Levodopa