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Incidental Detection of Temporary Focal FDG Retention in the Spleen

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The present research was conducted by the research fund of Dankook University in 2009

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Dongnam-ku, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, 330–715, Republic of Korea

    Jai-Hyuen Lee

  2. Department of Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Dongnam-ku, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

    Youn-Joon Park & Hwan Namgung

  3. Department of Radiology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Dongnam-ku, Anseo-dong, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

    Keum-Nahn Jee

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Park, YJ., Lee, JH., Jee, KN. et al. Incidental Detection of Temporary Focal FDG Retention in the Spleen. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 45, 158–160 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-011-0078-8

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