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01-02-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Prospective comparison of whole-body ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT and MRI of the spine in the diagnosis of haematogenous spondylodiscitis: response to comments by Soussan

Authors: David Fuster, Xavier Tomás, Ulises Granados, Alex Soriano

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 2/2015

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Title: Prospective comparison of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI of the spine in the diagnosis of haematogenous spondylodiscitis: response to comments by Soussan
Authors: David Fuster
Xavier Tomás
Ulises Granados
Alex Soriano
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2927-z

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