Typographical Errors in Article Entitled, “Unusual False Positive Radioiodine Uptake on 131I Whole Body Scintigraphy in Three Unrelated Organs with Different Pathologies in Patients of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Series.”

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  • Dom-Gene Tu
  • Yu-Ling Lin
چکیده

However, we would like to question whether there may be typographical errors in the article. On page 137, in line 10 of the right column, the amount of 131I is given as 54 μCi. On page 138, in line 18 of the left column, the amount of 131I is given as 49 μCi. Moreover, on page 138, in line 14 of the right column, the amount of 131I is given as 49 μCi. We would like to question whether the unit amount should not be μCi but rather mCi since there is a 1000-fold difference between 1 μCi and 1 mCi (1000 μCi = 1 mCi).

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دوره 16  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017