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01-09-2014 | Letter to the Editor

FDG and FDG-labelled leucocyte PET/CT in the imaging of prosthetic joint infection: response to Lazzeri et al

Authors: Sabire Yilmaz, Betül Vatankulu, Ozgül Ekmekciogu, Sait Sager, Metin Halac

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 9/2014

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Title: FDG and FDG-labelled leucocyte PET/CT in the imaging of prosthetic joint infection: response to Lazzeri et al
Authors: Sabire Yilmaz
Betül Vatankulu
Ozgül Ekmekciogu
Sait Sager
Metin Halac
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2778-7

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