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Hand-held gamma probe or hand-held miniature gamma camera for minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: competition, evolution or synergy?

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Service and PET Unit, “S. Maria della Misericordia” Hospital, Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV), Viale Tre Martiri, 140, 45100, Rovigo, Italy

    Domenico Rubello

  2. Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pisa Medical School, Pisa, Italy

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Rubello, D., Mariani, G. Hand-held gamma probe or hand-held miniature gamma camera for minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: competition, evolution or synergy?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34, 162–164 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0250-z

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