Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2007

Integrated CT-PET Imaging of Esophageal Cancer: Unexpected and Unusual Distribution of Distant Organ Metastases

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2006.10.004

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2007

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