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Suggested pathway to assess radiation safety of 11C-labeled PET tracers for first-in-human studies

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Zanotti-Fregonara, P., Innis, R.B. Suggested pathway to assess radiation safety of 11C-labeled PET tracers for first-in-human studies. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39, 544–547 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-011-2005-8

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