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Current Radiopharmaceuticals

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1874-4710
ISSN (Online): 1874-4729

Letter to the Editor

123I-MIBG Cardiac Scintigraphy and Heart/Mediastinum Ratio in Neurodegenerative Disorders: Is Delayed Scan Really Necessary?

Author(s): Susanna Nuvoli*, Barbara Palumbo, Andrea Marongiu, Francesco Bianconi and Angela Spanu

Volume 15, Issue 4, 2022

Published on: 01 August, 2022

Page: [257 - 258] Pages: 2

DOI: 10.2174/1874471015666220520090630

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