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Research Article

Repeated Gallium-67 Scan Demonstrating an Occult Mycotic Aneurysm of the Aortic Arch due to Salmonella

Pan-fu Kao Department of Nuclear Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University Taoyuan
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Kuo-su Chen Division of Nephrology Department of Internal Medicine Keelung
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Ming-fong Tsai Department of Nuclear Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University Taoyuan
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Shu-hang Ng Department of Radiology Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Keelung
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Kai-yuan Tzen Department of Nuclear Medicine Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University Taoyuan
Pages 199-202 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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