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Thyroid lesions incidentally detected by 18F-FDG PET-CT ― a two centre retrospective study Cover

Thyroid lesions incidentally detected by 18F-FDG PET-CT ― a two centre retrospective study

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 49 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
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|Mar 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2014-0039 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 121 - 127
Submitted on: Jun 29, 2014
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2014
Published on: Mar 25, 2015
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
thyroid,
18F-FDG,
PET-CT,
PET incidentaloma,
thyroid cancer
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2015 Jan Jamsek, Ivana Zagar, Simona Gaberscek, Marko Grmek, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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