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Is whole-body FDG-PET valuable for health screening?

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Münster University, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Matthias Weckesser & Otmar Schober

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The opinions expressed within the Controversies section represent the views of the authors only. The article arguing for this proposition is published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-1774-3

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Weckesser, M., Schober, O. Is whole-body FDG-PET valuable for health screening?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32, 342–343 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-1775-2

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