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Pediatric Imaging

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A selection of cases showing various benign and malignant presentation in pediatric age group.

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  1. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA

    Shereif H. Gamie MD

  2. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ella Yevdayev MD

  3. Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Riverside, CA, USA

    Aarti Kaushik MD

  4. Molecular Imaging Center and PET Clinic, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Aarti Kaushik MD

  5. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Hollie A. Lai MD

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Gamie, S.H., Yevdayev, E., Kaushik, A., Lai, H.A. (2016). Pediatric Imaging. In: Conti, P., Kaushik, A. (eds) PET-CT. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5811-2_14

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