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Possible Role of F18-FDG-PET/CT in Differentiating Benign Lesions versus Malignant after Indeterminate Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology. A Wider and Still Controversial Issue

Exclusion of Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology after Negative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography: Interim Analysis

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  1. Nuclear Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Francesco Bertagna

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Raffaele Giubbini

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Bertagna, F., Giubbini, R. Possible Role of F18-FDG-PET/CT in Differentiating Benign Lesions versus Malignant after Indeterminate Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology. A Wider and Still Controversial Issue. World J Surg 35, 1146–1147 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0867-8

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