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FDG-PET in infectious and inflammatory disease

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  1. Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2PF, UK

    J. Buscombe

  2. Nuclear Medicine Service, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Policlinico Umberto I, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    A. Signore

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Buscombe, J., Signore, A. FDG-PET in infectious and inflammatory disease. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30, 1571–1573 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-003-1360-5

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