Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 183-192 , July 2002

CT and MR in pulmonary embolism: A changing role for nuclear medicine in diagnostic strategy

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Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 183-192 , July 2002

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