Characterization of glucose uptake metabolism in visceral fat by ¹⁸ F-FDG PET/CT reflects inflammatory status in metabolic syndrome

• Kisoo Pahk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kisoo Pahk, Eung Ju Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-4202

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• Eung Ju Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kisoo Pahk, Eung Ju Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Yong-Jik Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Sungeun Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mdhsseo@korea.ac.kr (HSS); seiong@korea.ac.kr (SK)

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Hong Seog Seo

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mdhsseo@korea.ac.kr (HSS); seiong@korea.ac.kr (SK)

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3228-7988

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