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The Significance and Management of Incidental [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron-Emission Tomography Uptake in the Thyroid Gland in Patients with Cancer
  
    	
J.A. Eloy, E.M. Brett, G.M. Fatterpekar, L. Kostakoglu, P.M. Som, S.C. Desai and E.M. Genden

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2009,  30 (7) 1431-1434; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1559 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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