Uptake of prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted 18F-DCFPyL in avascular necrosis of the femoral head

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(03): 321
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_56_20

Letter to Editor

Uptake of prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted ¹⁸F-DCFPyL in avascular necrosis of the femoral head

Selim Safali

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

,

Bahattin Aydin

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

,

Mehmet Kaynar

¹Department of Urology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

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