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The need for Health Technology Assessments of PET

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  1. Comprehensive Cancer Centre Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    H. Van Tinteren

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine/Clinical PET Centre, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    O. S. Hoekstra

  3. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    O. S. Hoekstra & M. Boers

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Van Tinteren, H., Hoekstra, O.S. & Boers, M. The need for Health Technology Assessments of PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30, 1438 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1294-y

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