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01-01-2020 | Computed Tomography | Letter to the Editor

Comment on: “the FDG PET/CT score” for the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion

Author: Dharmender Malik

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 1/2020

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Title: Comment on: “the FDG PET/CT score” for the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion
Author: Dharmender Malik
Publication date: 01-01-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Computed Tomography
Computed Tomography
Pleural Effusion
Positron Emission Tomography
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04512-3

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