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Balink, H., Houtman, P.M. & Collins, J. 18F-FDG PET versus PET/CT as a diagnostic procedure for clinical suspicion of large vessel vasculitis. Clin Rheumatol 30, 1139–1141 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-011-1797-z
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