Focal FDG Activity in the Region of Right Atrium: Coregistered CT Identifies Three Benign Etiologies

Radiology Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-

  Meka, Murali ^a   Depuey, E Gordon ^a   Bhargava, Peeyush ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84973102545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19300433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2484/rcr.v3i1.120     Document Type: Article

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