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Vulnerable plaque on the common iliac artery detected by 18F-FDG PET/MRI

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  1. Department of Cardiology and Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka 1, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

    Atsuro Masuda, Takayoshi Yamaki, Nobuo Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Kunii & Yasuchika Takeishi

  2. Advanced Clinical Research Center, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka 1, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

    Hiroshi Ito, Takeyuki Nanbu, Hitoshi Kubo, Takamitsu Hara & Seiichi Takenoshita

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Masuda, A., Yamaki, T., Sakamoto, N. et al. Vulnerable plaque on the common iliac artery detected by 18F-FDG PET/MRI. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 43, 793–794 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3296-y

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