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Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy: the role of a lung perfusion SPECT-CT study

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  1. Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, via Bissolati 57, 25122, Brescia, Italy

    Stefanelli Antonella, Savelli Giordano & Bonacina Mattia

  2. Section of Nuclear Medicine, University Department of Radiological Sciences and Haematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Guarneri Andrea

  3. Oncology Department, Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy

    Zaniboni Alberto

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Antonella, S., Andrea, G., Giordano, S. et al. Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy: the role of a lung perfusion SPECT-CT study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 3340–3342 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-021-05323-1

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