Preoperative Evaluation of Pancreatic Masses with Positron Emission Tomography Using18F-fluorodeoxyglucose: Diagnostic Limitations
✍ Scribed by Andreas Sendler; Norbert Avril; Hermann Helmberger; Jens Stollfuß; Wolfgang Weber; Frank Bengel; Markus Schwaiger; Jürgen D. Roder; J. Rüdiger Siewert
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 335 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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