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The diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET in cutaneous malignant melanoma

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Division, Université Catholique de Louvain, Av Dr G. Therasse 1, 5530, Mont-Godinne, Namur, Belgium

    Bruno Krug, Anne-Sophie Pirson & Thierry Vander Borght

  2. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, Alcuin Research Centre, Block B, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

    Ralph Crott

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Krug, B., Pirson, AS., Crott, R. et al. The diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET in cutaneous malignant melanoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37, 1434–1435 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1475-4

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