Diagnostic value of PET/CT for the staging and restaging of pediatric tumors
β Scribed by Margit Kleis; Heike Daldrup-Link; Katherine Matthay; Robert Goldsby; Ying Lu; Tibor Schuster; Carole Schreck; Philip W. Chu; Randall A. Hawkins; Benjamin L. Franc
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 496 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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