Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 214-216 , July 2002

Increased pulmonary clearance of 99mTc DTPA aerosol

  • Guang-Uei Hung
    • ,
  • Wan-Yu Lin
    • ,
  • Shyh-Jen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Shyh-Jen Wang MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160, Sec. 3, Taichungkang Road, Taichung 40705, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.125972

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 214-216 , July 2002

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