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Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: clinical problem or methodological issue?

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  1. Institute of Radiological Sciences, University of Milan, Unit of Nuclear Medicine, San Paolo Hospital, Via Antonio di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

  2. Department of Critical Care, Section of Respiratory Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134, Florence, Italy

    Massimo Pistolesi

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Lucignani, G., Pistolesi, M. Diagnosing pulmonary embolism: clinical problem or methodological issue?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36, 522–528 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-008-1059-8

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