Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 420-425 , October 2006

The Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Evaluation of Solid Splenic Masses

  • Ur Metser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprints requests to: Ur Metser, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizman Street, Tel-Aviv, 64239 Israel.
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  • Einat Even-Sapir, MD, PhD

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2006.06.005

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 420-425 , October 2006

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