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Detection of 99mTc-sestamibi uptake in brown adipose tissue with SPECT-CT

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre—South Street Hospital, 375 South Street, P.O. Box 5375, London, ON, N6A 4G5, Canada

    Tarik Belhocine, Anil Shastry, Albert Driedger & Jean-Luc Urbain

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Belhocine, T., Shastry, A., Driedger, A. et al. Detection of 99mTc-sestamibi uptake in brown adipose tissue with SPECT-CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34, 149 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0244-x

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