Negative 18F-FDG-PET Imaging in Fever and Inflammation of Unknown Origin: Now What?

Overview

Journal Intern Emerg Med

Publisher Springer

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Medicine

Date 2023 May 16

PMID 37191773

Authors

Albrecht Betrains

Lien Moreel

William Floyd Wright

Daniel Blockmans

Steven Vanderschueren

Affiliations

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