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The use of PET scan in glioblastoma multiforme

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, P.O. BOX 103, Neohoropoulo, Ioannina, 455 00, Greece

    George A. Alexiou & Konstantinos S. Polyzoidis

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    Spyridon Tsiouris & Andreas D. Fotopoulos

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

    Athanasios P. Kyritsis

  4. Department of Neurosurgical Institute, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Athanasios P. Kyritsis & Konstantinos S. Polyzoidis

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Alexiou, G.A., Tsiouris, S., Kyritsis, A.P. et al. The use of PET scan in glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurooncol 86, 359–360 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9454-8

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