Interpretation, accuracy and management implications of FDG PET/CT in cutaneous malignant melanoma.

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Published in Nucl Med Commun on April 01, 2007

Authors

Matthew S Falk1, Anne K Truitt, Fergus V Coakley, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, Randall A Hawkins, Benjamin Franc

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.

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