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Contralateral or bilateral lymph drainage revealed by breast lymphoscintigraphy

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The authors are thankful to Drs Mattia Intra, Laura Lavinia Travaini, Oreste Davide Gentilini, Gaia Piperno, Mahila Ferrari, Gennaro Prisco, Anna Rita Vento for their helpful suggestions.

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    Giuseppe Trifirò & Giovanni Paganelli

  2. Nuclear Medicine Resident, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Laura Ravasi

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Trifirò, G., Ravasi, L. & Paganelli, G. Contralateral or bilateral lymph drainage revealed by breast lymphoscintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35, 225–229 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0595-y

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