Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 220-222 , July 2002

Multiple focal uptake of 67Ga in cutaneous tissue

  • Nir Hod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Lena Pinkas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Tifha Horne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tifha Horne, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.124180

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 220-222 , July 2002

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