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Usefulness of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in Evaluating a Brainstem Glioma in an Adult Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Via Ospedale, 12, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Giorgio Treglia

  2. School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Barbara Muoio

  3. Institute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Annemilia Del Ciello

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

    Francesco Bertagna

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Treglia, G., Muoio, B., Del Ciello, A. et al. Usefulness of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in Evaluating a Brainstem Glioma in an Adult Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 212–213 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-013-0193-9

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