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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University Health Sciences Center, PO Box 24923, 13110, Safat, Kuwait

    Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar MD, FCAP (Diplomate, American Board of Pathology Diplomate, American Board of Nuclear Medicine Professor and Chairman) (Diplomate, American Board of Pathology Diplomate, American Board of Nuclear Medicine Professor and Chairman)

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Sarkar, S.D., Singhal, P.C. (2006). Basis of Renal Scintigraphy. In: Elgazzar, A.H. (eds) The Pathophysiologic Basis of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47953-6_10

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