Bone Scintigraphy in Bone Metastasis

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Evaluation of osseous metastasis in bone scintigraphy.

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عنوان ژورنال: RADIOISOTOPES

سال: 1999

ISSN: 0033-8303,1884-4111

DOI: 10.3769/radioisotopes.48.732