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Comment on: The EANM and SNMMI practice guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node localization in breast cancer

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  1. Department of Oncohaematology, Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, viale Golgi, 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    Carlo Aprile, Federica E. Buroni, Lorenzo Lodola & Marco G. Persico

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Aprile, C., Buroni, F.E., Lodola, L. et al. Comment on: The EANM and SNMMI practice guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node localization in breast cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 41, 1257–1258 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2747-1

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