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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(03): 319-320
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_42_20
Letter to Editor

Reply to follow-up of incidental findings on positron emission tomography

Arvind Krishnamurthy
Departments of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Received: 06 April 2020

Accepted: 06 April 2020

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19 April 2022

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