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Letter to the editor re Magnetic resonance imaging of pulmonary nodules: accuracy in a granulomatous disease-endemic region

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This letter was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81471692).

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Guohua Shen & Anren Kuang

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Shen, G., Kuang, A. Letter to the editor re Magnetic resonance imaging of pulmonary nodules: accuracy in a granulomatous disease-endemic region. Eur Radiol 27, 4015–4016 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-017-4798-8

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