MEDICUS

Editor-in-Chief

Milovan Matovic

Co-Editors

Nebojsa Arsenijevic, Zoran Matovic, Slobodan Jankovic, Milan Mijailovic, Zorica Lazic

Guests-Editors

Ljiljana Mijatovic, Snezana Zivancevic-Simonovic

Board of Editors

Vera Lukic, Vladimir Obradovic, Kosta Kostic, Milovan Matovic, Ljiljana Mijatovic, Snezana Zivancevic-Simonovic, Slobodan Jankovic, Ljiljana Bajovic, Miroljub Jovanovic, Milan Knezevic, Aleksandar Djukic, Dragan Celikovic, Nebojsa Arsenijevic

Editorial Staff

Dragan Milovanovic , Dejan Baskic, Ivan Miloradovic , Dusica Obradovic , Goran Petrovic, Vladimir Jakovljevic

MEDICUS
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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Vladimir B. Obradovic Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade

BEGINNING OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND FORMATION OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR-MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN YUGOSLAVIA Ljubomir Stefanovic Institute of Oncology, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia

IN VIVO NUCLEAR MEDICINE METHODS FOR INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION DETECTION M. Todorovic-Tirnanic, V. Obradovic, S. Pavlovic, V. Bosnjakovic Nuclear Medicine Institute, Clinical Center of Serbija, Belgrade

REGIONAL CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIAS P. Lass, P. Lyczak, M. Piskunowicz, D. Ussorowska, W. Nyka Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University, Gdañsk, Poland Navy Hospital, Gdañsk, Poland District Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Gdañsk, Poland Department of Neurology, Medical University, Gdañsk, Poland

INFLUENCE OF L-THYROXINE ON THYROID GLAND VOLUME IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HASHIMOTO THYROIDITIS Z. Rajkovaca, J. Mijatovic, A. Matavulj, Z. Pavicevic, P. Kovacevic Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Centre Banja Luka Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty Banja Luka

THE INFLUENCE OF PATHOHISTOLOGIC TYPE OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMAS ON THE APPEARANCE OF DISTANT METASTASES AND ON THE FURTHER COURSE OF DISSEASE Lj. J. Stefanovic, M. Dj. Malesevic, J. M. Mihailovic, D. J. Srbovan, J. V. Vojicic Institute of Oncology, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia

AMIODARONE INDUCED HYPOTHYREOIDISM (AIH) - CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT PATIENTS Z. Aleksic, N. Paunkovic, Dz. Paunkovic Service of nuclear medicine, Zajecar, Serbia

APPLICATION OF 14C-UREA TEST IN THE DETECTION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION V.M.Artiko, V. B. Obradovic, N. S. Petrovic, B. M. Davidovic, G. S. Adanja-Gruji, D.R. Nastic-Miric, T. N. Milosavljevic Institute of Nuclear Medicine CCS, Beograd

SEMIQUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF BLOOD POOL IN LIVER HEMANGIOMA ON DELAYED SCINTIGRAMES N. S. Petrovic, V. M. Artiko, V. B. Obradovic, K. M. Kostic Institute of Nuclear Medicine, KCS, Belgrade