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Prospective comparison of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI of the spine in the diagnosis of haematogenous spondylodiscitis: response to comments by Soussan

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    David Fuster & Ulises Granados

  2. Radiology Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Tomás

  3. Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Alex Soriano

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Fuster, D., Tomás, X., Granados, U. et al. Prospective comparison of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI of the spine in the diagnosis of haematogenous spondylodiscitis: response to comments by Soussan. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 42, 356–357 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2927-z

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