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Prevalence and malignancy risk of focal colorectal incidental uptake detected by 18F-FDG-PET or PET/CT: a meta-analysis Cover

Prevalence and malignancy risk of focal colorectal incidental uptake detected by 18F-FDG-PET or PET/CT: a meta-analysis

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|Apr 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0035 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 99 - 104
Submitted on: Dec 18, 2012
Accepted on: May 1, 2013
Published on: Apr 25, 2014
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Giorgio Treglia, Silvia Taralli, Marco Salsano, Barbara Muoio, Ramin Sadeghi, Luca Giovanella, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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