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Brain Metastasis from Neuroblastoma Depicted by 18F-DOPA PET/CT

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Arnoldo Piccardo, Giovanni Morana, Michela Massollo, Marco Pescetto, Massimo Conte and Alberto Garaventa declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Department, Galliera Hospital, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128, Genoa, Italy

    Arnoldo Piccardo & Michela Massollo

  2. Neuroradiology Unit, G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Giovanni Morana

  3. Anaesthesiology Department, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Marco Pescetto

  4. Department of Haematology-Oncology, G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Massimo Conte & Alberto Garaventa

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Piccardo, A., Morana, G., Massollo, M. et al. Brain Metastasis from Neuroblastoma Depicted by 18F-DOPA PET/CT. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49, 241–242 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-015-0322-8

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