Proposal for a Standardized Protocol for 18F-DOPA-PET (PET/CT) in Congenital Hyperinsulinism

a Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg , and b Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Charité University of Medicine Berlin, Berlin , Germany; c Department of Pediatrics, Odense University Hospital, Odense , Denmark; d Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris , France; e London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London , UK; f Department of Nuclear Medicine/PET Centre, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen , The Netherlands; g Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku , Finland; h PET Centre Berlin, Berlin , Germany; i Department of Pediatrics, King Abdilaziz Medical City, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia; j University Children’s Hospital for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Helsinki , Finland; k Department of Pathology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, UCL, Brussels , Belgium; l CEA Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Orsay , France; m Department of Pediatrics, University of Zurich, Zurich , Switzerland, and n Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris , France

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