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Ventilation/perfusion SPECT — an essential but underrated method for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and other diseases

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Bajc, M., Jonson, B. Ventilation/perfusion SPECT — an essential but underrated method for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and other diseases. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36, 875–878 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1125-x

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