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FDG-PET/CT in the detection of pituitary stalk ACTH-secreting adenoma

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This study was funded by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (Grant No. 2016-I2M-2-001 and No. 2018-I2M-3-001), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 3332018029), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81201121).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

    Ziren Kong, Yu Wang & Wenbin Ma

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (East), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan Wangfujing Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

    Ziren Kong & Xin Cheng

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Kong, Z., Wang, Y., Ma, W. et al. FDG-PET/CT in the detection of pituitary stalk ACTH-secreting adenoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 1607–1608 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04655-3

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