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Nuklearmedizin 2017; 56(01): N1-N2
DOI: 10.3413/Nukmed-0849-16-09
Case report
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Polymyalgia rheumatica detected by SPECT/CT using 99mTc-labeled monoclonal antibody Fab'-fragments

Anne Frölich
1   Nuklearmedizin Neumann, Nuclear Medicine Practice, Leipzig, Germany
,
Ilka Schwarze
2   Rheumatology Practice, Leipzig, Germany
,
Christoph Neumann
1   Nuklearmedizin Neumann, Nuclear Medicine Practice, Leipzig, Germany
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Publication History

received: 19 September 2016

accepted in revised form: 12 December 2016

Publication Date:
02 January 2018 (online)

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