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18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosis and treatment response evaluation in large vessel vasculitis

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room No. 57A, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Sellam Karunanithi, Punit Sharma, Chandrasekhar Bal & Rakesh Kumar

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Karunanithi, S., Sharma, P., Bal, C. et al. 18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosis and treatment response evaluation in large vessel vasculitis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 41, 586–587 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2591-8

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