False-positive I-131 Scan by Contaminated Muffler in a Patient with Thyroid Carcinoma |
Seo, Han-Kyung
(Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital)
Kim, Min-Woo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital) Jeong, Hwan-Jeong (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital) Sohn, Myung-Hee (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital) |
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