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Prostate biopsy guided by 18F-fluorocholine PET in men with persistently elevated PSA levels

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  1. Hamamatsu/Queen’s PET Imaging Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Sandi A. Kwee

  2. John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Sandi A. Kwee

  3. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Tim DeGrado

  4. The Queen’s Medical Center Nuclear Medicine Department, 1301 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA

    Sandi A. Kwee

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Kwee, S.A., DeGrado, T. Prostate biopsy guided by 18F-fluorocholine PET in men with persistently elevated PSA levels. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35, 1567–1569 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-008-0781-6

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