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Assessment of Therapy Response by 18F-FDG PET/CT for a Patient with Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycobacterium Infection and Coexisting Lymphoma

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Yang Lu declares that he has no conflict of interest.

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Lu, Y. Assessment of Therapy Response by 18F-FDG PET/CT for a Patient with Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycobacterium Infection and Coexisting Lymphoma. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49, 165–166 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-014-0312-2

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