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Coexistence of Physiologic and Abnormal Muscle Uptake of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose in a Patient with Plasma Cell Leukemia

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Carmelo Caldarella, Giorgio Treglia, Lucia Leccisotti & Alessandro Giordano

  2. Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Positron Emission Tomography Centre, Department of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Giorgio Treglia

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Carmelo Caldarella and Giorgio Treglia equally contributed to this paper, and share first authorship.

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Caldarella, C., Treglia, G., Leccisotti, L. et al. Coexistence of Physiologic and Abnormal Muscle Uptake of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose in a Patient with Plasma Cell Leukemia. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 46, 311–313 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-012-0163-7

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