Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 236-237 , July 2002

Cold vertebra on 111In-white blood cell scintigraphy

  • V. Roelants

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Radiology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to V. Roelants, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires, St. Luc, Av. Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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  • T. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Radiology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • ,
  • C. Ide

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Radiology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • ,
  • P. Laloux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Radiology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Department of Neurology, Mont-Godinne Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

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PII: S0001-2998(02)80014-9

doi: 10.1053/snuc.2002.124183

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 236-237 , July 2002

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