False-positive FDG-PET scan due to brown tumours
โ Scribed by Angela van Baardwijk; Jos de Jong; Anne Arens; Paul Thimister; Gaico Verseput; Bernd Kremer; Philippe Lambin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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