Diagnostic Usefulness of FDG-PET in Cervical Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
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Kim Chan-Jong
(Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
Kim Jae-Seung (Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Kang Woo-Seuk (Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Nam Soon-Yuhl (Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Choi Seung-Ho (Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Kim Sang-Yoon (Department of Otolaryngology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) |
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