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Gallium-67 scintigraphy in lymphoma: Facing the reality!

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

    Adil M. Al-Nahhas

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK

    V. Ralph McCready

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Al-Nahhas, A.M., McCready, V.R. Gallium-67 scintigraphy in lymphoma: Facing the reality!. Eur J Nucl Med 23, 472–473 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01247380

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