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Value of ventilation/perfusion SPECT for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: response to comments by Sinzinger et al.

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    Pierre-Yves Le Roux & Pierre-Yves Salaun

  2. Université Européenne de Bretagne; Université de Brest; INSERM CIC 05-02 IFR148, CHRU de la Cavale Blanche, Département de médecine interne et de pneumologie, Boulevard Tanguy Prigent, 29200, Brest, France

    Grégoire Le Gal

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    Grégoire Le Gal

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Le Roux, PY., Le Gal, G. & Salaun, PY. Value of ventilation/perfusion SPECT for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: response to comments by Sinzinger et al.. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 42, 979–980 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3014-9

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