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Intraindividual tumor heterogeneity in NET – Further insight by C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4-directed imaging

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    Rudolf A. Werner, Andreas Schirbel, Samuel Samnick, Andreas K. Buck, Takahiro Higuchi & Constantin Lapa

  2. Else-Kröner-Forschungskolleg, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Rudolf A. Werner

  3. Department of Internal Medicine II, Gastroenterology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Alexander Weich

  4. Pharmaceutical Radiochemistry, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Wester

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Werner, R.A., Weich, A., Schirbel, A. et al. Intraindividual tumor heterogeneity in NET – Further insight by C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4-directed imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 44, 553–554 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-016-3566-3

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