Post-radiation vesicocolonic fistula demonstrated on bone scintigraphy
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1619-7070,1619-7089
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1162-5