Positron emission tomography for quantitation of myocardial perfusion
β Scribed by Ornella E Rimoldi; Paolo G Camici
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1071-3581
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