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01-02-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Critical considerations on the predictive value of end-of-treatment FDG-PET in lymphoma

Authors: Hugo J. A. Adams, Thomas C. Kwee

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 2/2017

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Title: Critical considerations on the predictive value of end-of-treatment FDG-PET in lymphoma
Authors: Hugo J. A. Adams
Thomas C. Kwee
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-016-3553-8

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