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Technetium-99m pyrophosphate tomogram of nontransmural myocardial infarction: a case report

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Kurata, C. Technetium-99m pyrophosphate tomogram of nontransmural myocardial infarction: a case report. Ann Nucl Med 2, 85–88 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164950

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