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Research ArticleCLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

18F-FDOPA PET and PET/CT Accurately Localize Pheochromocytomas

Farzin Imani, Vatche G. Agopian, Martin S. Auerbach, Martin A. Walter, Firoozeh Imani, Matthias R. Benz, Rebecca A. Dumont, Chi Kien Lai, Johannes G. Czernin and Michael W. Yeh
Journal of Nuclear Medicine April 2009, 50 (4) 513-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.108.058396
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vol. 50 no. 4 513-519
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.108.058396
PubMed 
19289420

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0161-5505
Online ISSN 
2159-662X
History 
  • Received for publication September 23, 2008
  • Accepted for publication December 10, 2008
  • Published online April 1, 2009.

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  1. Farzin Imani 1 ,
  2. Vatche G. Agopian 2 ,
  3. Martin S. Auerbach 1 ,
  4. Martin A. Walter 1 ,
  5. Firoozeh Imani 1 ,
  6. Matthias R. Benz 1 ,
  7. Rebecca A. Dumont 1 ,
  8. Chi Kien Lai 3 ,
  9. Johannes G. Czernin 1 and
  10. Michael W. Yeh 2
  1. 1Ahmanson Biological Imaging Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; 2Endocrine Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and 3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Farzin Imani, P.O. Box 24783, Los Angeles, CA, 90024. E-mail: fimani{at}nucmed.com
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