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Active uptake of 68Ga-FAPI in Crohn’s disease but not in ulcerative colitis

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This work is supported by the CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine (CAMS-I2M, 2017-I2M-3-001).

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This work was supported by the CAMS Initiative for Innovative Medicine (CAMS-I2M, 2017-I2M-3-001).

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China

    Yaping Luo, Qingqing Pan & Fang Li

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China

    Yaping Luo, Qingqing Pan & Fang Li

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China

    Hui Xu, Runfeng Zhang & Ji Li

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Luo, Y., Pan, Q., Xu, H. et al. Active uptake of 68Ga-FAPI in Crohn’s disease but not in ulcerative colitis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 1682–1683 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-05129-7

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