Role of molecular imaging in the management of patients affected by inflammatory bowel disease: State-of-the-art
Federico Caobelli, Laura Evangelista, Natale Quartuccio, Demetrio Familiari, Corinna Altini, Angelo Castello, Mariapaola Cucinotta, Rossella Di Dato, Cristina Ferrari, Aurora Kokomani, Iashar Laghai, Riccardo Laudicella, Silvia Migliari, Federica Orsini, Salvatore Antonio Pignata, Cristina Popescu, Erinda Puta, Martina Ricci, Silvia Seghezzi, Alessandro Sindoni, Martina Sollini, Letterio Sturiale, Anna Svyridenka, Vittoria Vergura, Pierpaolo Alongi, Young AIMN Working Group
Federico Caobelli, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsspital Basel, CH-4032 Basel, Switzerland
Laura Evangelista, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istituto Oncologico Veneto, 35121 Padua, Italy
Natale Quartuccio, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, M20 3JJ Manchester, United Kingdom
Demetrio Familiari, Department of Nuclear Medicine, A.R.N.A.S. Garibaldi, 95121 Catania, Italy
Corinna Altini, Cristina Ferrari, Nuclear Medicine Unit, University “Aldo Moro” of Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy
Angelo Castello, Rossella Di Dato, Aurora Kokomani, Iashar Laghai, Vittoria Vergura, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy
Mariapaola Cucinotta, Department of medical-surgical science and translational medicine, “La Sapienza” University, 00118 Rome, Italy
Riccardo Laudicella, Salvatore Antonio Pignata, Alessandro Sindoni, Letterio Sturiale, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98121 Messina, Italy
Silvia Migliari, Martina Ricci, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy
Federica Orsini, Erinda Puta, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital “Maggiore della Carità di Novara”, 28100 Novara, Italy
Cristina Popescu, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Niguarda Ca' Grande Hospital, 20100 Milan, Italy
Silvia Seghezzi, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital of Treviglio, 24047 Treviglio, Italy
Martina Sollini, Humanitas University, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
Anna Svyridenka, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
Pierpaolo Alongi, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Radiological Sciences, G. Giglio Institute, 90015 Cefalu, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Federico Caobelli, MD, FEBNM, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsspital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4032 Basel, Switzerland.
federico.caobelli@usb.ch
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Received: March 25, 2016
Peer-review started: March 26, 2016
First decision: May 17, 2016
Revised: June 30, 2016
Accepted: August 27, 2016
Article in press: August 29, 2016
Published online: October 28, 2016
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