Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 338-341 , October 2003

Gamut: visualization of the pulmonary artery on99mTc-MIBI myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a cause for focal uptake in the lung

  • Tülin Aras

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    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Eser Lay Ergün

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Eser Lay Ergün, MD, Hacettepe T p Fakültesi, Nükleer T p A.B.D., TR-06100, S hhiye, Ankara, Turkey
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Murat Fani Bozkurt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/S0001-2998(03)00038-2

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 338-341 , October 2003

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