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How hybrid SPECT/CT systems changed imaging work-up in detecting parathyroid adenoma (PA)

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine–PET/CT Oncologic & Endocrine Sections, Rovigo Hospital, Via Tre Martiri 140, 45100, Rovigo, Italy

    Domenico Rubello & Anna Margherita Maffione

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Rubello, D., Maffione, A.M. How hybrid SPECT/CT systems changed imaging work-up in detecting parathyroid adenoma (PA). Endocrine 48, 1018–1019 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-014-0454-0

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