Brain 18 F-FDG PET imaging in outpatients with post-COVID-19 conditions: findings and associations with clinical characteristics.

François GoehringerAlexandra BruyereMatthieu DoyenSibylle BevilacquaAlexandre CharmillonSebastien HeyerAntoine Verger

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2022)

Outpatients with post-COVID-19 conditions exhibited extensive hypometabolic right fronto-temporal clusters. Patients with more numerous symptoms during the initial phase and with a longer duration of symptoms were at higher risk of persistent brain involvement.

Keyphrases

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cerebral ischemia
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