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PET Findings of Intramedullary Tumors of the Spinal Cord Using [18F] FDG and [11C] Methionine

N. Tomura, Y. Ito, H. Matsuoka, T. Saginoya, S.-i. Numazawa, Y. Mizuno and K. Watanabe
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2013, 34 (6) 1278-1283; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3374
N. Tomura
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (N.T., T.S., Y.M.)
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Y. Ito
bNeurosurgery (Y.I., H.M., S.-i.N., K.W.), Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
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H. Matsuoka
bNeurosurgery (Y.I., H.M., S.-i.N., K.W.), Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
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T. Saginoya
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (N.T., T.S., Y.M.)
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S.-i. Numazawa
bNeurosurgery (Y.I., H.M., S.-i.N., K.W.), Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
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Y. Mizuno
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (N.T., T.S., Y.M.)
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K. Watanabe
bNeurosurgery (Y.I., H.M., S.-i.N., K.W.), Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
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