Post-radiosynovectomy 90Y-PET imaging

Nuklearmedizin 2011; 50(04): N39
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621657

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Post-radiosynovectomy ⁹⁰Y-PET imaging

H. W. E. Prechtel

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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F. A. Verburg

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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K. J. Dautzenberg

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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F. M. Mottaghy

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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F. F. Behrendt

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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T. Krohn

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

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