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Role of MIBG myocardial scintigraphy in the assessment of heart failure: the need to establish evidence

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Yamashina, S., Yamazaki, Ji. Role of MIBG myocardial scintigraphy in the assessment of heart failure: the need to establish evidence. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31, 1353–1355 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-004-1493-1

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